Once Upon an IAS Exam
Author: K. Vijayakarthikeyan
Publisher: Rupa Publication
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9789353045951
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Author: K. Vijayakarthikeyan
Publisher: Rupa Publication
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9789353045951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: K. Vijayakarthikeyan
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Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789353335328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn IAS officer's tale of survival against all odds. Once upon a time there was a city plagued by greed, corruption and mysterious deaths... A patriotic IAS officer, Vikram, decides to expose a corrupt and powerful minister, Rudra Pratap Rana (aka RPR), during the latter's visit to the IAS training academy. The video of Vikram asking the minister some highly embarrassing questions in front of a packed auditorium goes viral. Instead of having Vikram suspended from service, a vengeful RPR unleashes violence on the officer's family, and to continue the torture, RPR gets Vikram posted as the sub-divisional magistrate in Laxmipur-the politician's backyard. As soon as Vikram joins duty, RPR resumes his vengeance. However, a new drama unfolds when a large number of people start dying of heart attacks across Laxmipur. As Vikram tries to unravel these mysterious deaths with the help of Veda, a cardiologist, and Raghu, a police officer, extreme panic grips the city, which soon leads to riots and pandemonium. Vikram is left with no other choice but to risk his life to get to the bottom of this mind-numbing situation. Join Vikram in this fast-paced thriller as he fights to save Laxmipur from HEARTQUAKE.
Author: Rajesh Patil
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2019-04-25
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9353029600
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRajesh Patil was born to poor farm workers in the backward Khandesh region of Maharashtra. He worked as a child labourer picking cotton, selling bread, and doing small jobs. But what set him apart was that, unlike most of his peers, he was driven by an intense desire to improve his lot through education. Against great odds, he moved to Nashik for a B.Sc. and then to Pune for an M.Sc. in statistics - all this with the help of freeships, scholarships and the support of his teachers, friends and well-wishers. By dint of his hard work, he managed to get into the Indian Statistical Service, but the Indian Administrative Service was his goal. Unsuccessful at first, he persisted until eventually he cracked the competitive exams and qualified for the IAS. Maa, I've Become a Collector is the inspiring account of Rajesh's struggles that has been a bestseller in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and Odia and motivated thousands of students in India's hinterlands in their quest for a better life. At the same time, it is much more than one man's story - it is a riveting and revelatory account of rural India
Author: Deepak Gupta
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
Published: 2019-03-19
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 8193984641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeepak Gupta did his BA from Allahabad, MA from St Stephen’s college and MPhil in International relations from JNU. From the IAS batch of 1974, he has spent many years in the field in the erstwhile state of Bihar, including two districts (Saharsa 1979–80; Rohtas 1986–88) as Collector. He served in many departments in state and center and was also posted in India Trade Centre, Brussels and spent a year as WHO Advisor on TB in Delhi. He retired in 2011 as Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. After retirement he consulted with the World Bank and UNIDO and writes on issues of energy and sustainable development. He was Chairman of UPSC from November 2014 to September 2016. His published works include Documentation of Participatory Irrigation Management, Covering a Billion with DOTS, Achieving Universal Energy Access in India: Challenges and Way Forward, and Caught by the Police.
Author: Ajay K Pandey
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9382665870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHis father's over expectations only ruined his self-confidence further with each failure. A ray of hope walked into his life as his wife, a charismatic personality spreading joy wherever she went. Everything is going per plan, but darkness comes knocking soon. He finds out that she does not have much time to live and takes it upon himself to fight all odds – even his family, if need be – to help her fight her medical condition. His father sees his own redemption in helping them; he knows his son will be a winner only if he will fight for her, with her. Will a defeated son prove himself to be a good husband? Will the father-son duo together be able to change the course of fate? Her Last Wish is an inspiring story of love, relationships and sacrifice, which proves once again how a good wife makes the best husband.
Author: Mathew Joseph
Publisher: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
Published: 1900
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9354388094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you do not become what you once aspired to become, does it matter? ‘The Aspirant’ looks for an answer to this perennial question. It is the story of a young man who once wanted to become a Carmelite monk, but ended up becoming a monk of a different order - a civil servant. The disillusionment with the way monastic life was practiced, made him take this new direction. The journey ahead as a bureaucrat in CAG’s institution took the author to many places across the globe and caused him to meet several people – ordinary people with extraordinary stories – and those stories add extra layers to this memoir. And all through his life’s varied voyages, a part of him remained as a monk. ‘The Aspirant’ attempts to demystify two venerable institutions - the church and the bureaucracy - with a tinge of irreverence but without an iota of malice.
Author: Upamanyu Chatterjee
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2006-04-04
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781590171790
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgastya Sen, known to friends by the English name August, is a child of the Indian elite. His friends go to Yale and Harvard. August himself has just landed a prize government job. The job takes him to Madna, “the hottest town in India,” deep in the sticks. There he finds himself surrounded by incompetents and cranks, time wasters, bureaucrats, and crazies. What to do? Get stoned, shirk work, collapse in the heat, stare at the ceiling. Dealing with the locals turns out to be a lot easier for August than living with himself. English, August is a comic masterpiece from contemporary India. Like A Confederacy of Dunces and The Catcher in the Rye, it is both an inspired and hilarious satire and a timeless story of self-discovery.
Author: K. Vijayakarthikeyan
Publisher:
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789391256319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe inaugural edition of Mumbai Super League is about to start. Eight teams comprising a mix of elites from the Indian cricket team alongside India hopefuls have set the temperatures soaring in Mumbai. Among them is Dongri Dragons, a team owned by the notorious gangster Max Malhotra aka MM, who once headed the most dreaded drug cartel in the city. MM's suspicious entry into the cricketing world immediately puts the league on the radar of the police. Zia, the rebellious daredevil cop, who has had MM on her hitlist for a long time, starts keeping a close tab on MM and his 'cricketing' activities. Then there is Vivank, a failed cricketer, who was once considered a shoo-in for the Indian team but whose love of drugs destroyed his career. He's roped in by the Dongri Dragons to coach their team. This is Vivank's last shot at redeeming himself and winning back the love of his life, Leepa. A bone-chilling gangster, an ambitious and swashbuckling super cop and a heartbroken and forgotten cricketer are all looking for an elusive turning point that could change their lives forever-but nothing is quite what it seems. What happens when their paths cross? Find out in this remarkably suspenseful, action-packed and entertaining thriller, where every page is a sixer and every twist is a shoot out!
Author: Mukesh Kumar
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan Pvt Limited
Published: 2019-01-02
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9789352665952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis exam is not for people who believe in shortcuts, who are impatient and casual. It seeks such people, who believe in rigorous study. Only the candidates who are thoroughly organised, disciplined and determined can taste it's success-ultimately the country needs officers equipped with these qualities. If those candidates who have a profusion of the aforesaid qualities get the right guidance, then they can definitely crack the IAS exam. This book has been prepared for such deserving and appropriate candidates. We are not just hopeful, but have complete faith that his book will definitely work as a useful guidance in making the honest and strong willed candidates as IAS.
Author: Bipan Chandra
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2008-02-11
Total Pages: 595
ISBN-13: 8184750536
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA thorough and incisive introduction to contemporary India The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich and inspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the best-selling India's Struggle for Independence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes it has achieved, in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle for freedom. The book describes how the Constitution was framed, as also how the Nehruvian political and economic agenda and basics of foreign policy were evolved and developed. It dwells on the consolidation of the nation, examining contentious issues like party politics in the Centre and the states, the Punjab problem, and anti-caste politics and untouchability. This revised edition offers a scathing analysis of the growth of communalism in India and the use of state power in furthering its cause. It also documents the fall of the National Democratic Alliance in the 2004 General Elections, the United Progressive Alliance's subsequent rise to power and the Indo-US Nuclear Deal that served to unravel the political consensus at the centre. Apart from detailed analyses of Indian economic reforms since 1991 and wide-ranging land reforms and the Green Revolution, this new edition includes an overview of the Indian economy in the new millennium. These, along with objective assessments of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Rajiv Gandhi, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh, constitute a remarkable overview of a nation on the move.