INDIA NARRATIVE
INDIA NARRATIVE

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.@HarperCollinsIN book 'An Intent to Serve' written by Tejendra Khanna was launched on 12th May 2022
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In this book, the author narrates his tumultuous years as LG, Delhi and his fraught relationship between the two Chief Ministers – Sahib Singh Verma and Sheila Dikshit
He also writes about the law-and-order problems in the capital
Khanna includes serial bomb blasts, the subsequent Batla House encounter in 2008, the horrific Nirbhaya case in 2012, and the challenges while organizing the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010
Being a member of the Yoginder K. Alagh Commission he offers candid observations regarding the significant shortcomings in the services and how Indian democracy’s ā€˜steel frame’ can be strengthened
This book captures an insider’s look into the workings of Indian bureaucracy, with fascinating details about the way government business is transacted on the ground
The author writes about the politics, the pressures, the lack of resources – and the constant balance a civil servant must maintain while trying toĀ getĀ thingsĀ done

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