We select individuals capable of becoming Formula One drivers. Then we give them rickety Maruti 800s on potholed roads and expect championship lap times.
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This is strawman and a poor article in general. It basically doesn’t even address the issues in UPSC, just one complaint out of many. It’s not just the memory based exam issue but the idealisation of the service to an extent that it’s not even considered a public service anymore, but a position of power, thoroughly abused as seen in many cases and probably many unreported cases. The amount of behavioral issues among civil servants is so prevalent, that it has rightly earned its reputation of being the puppets of politicians. Anyway, I see no mention of safeguards against abuse by politicians for their own benefit. A thousand issues with the UPSC, an outdated exam pattern with no transparent selection process. Obviously a former civil servant would defend the institution that made him, but this desperate effort to counter valid criticism falls flat. If they know how to drive in formula 1, who is giving them the maruti? Funny. It’s you thats the beraucracy. It’s you who atleast get to drive the maruti, metaphorically, while the people that rely on your work, are not even able to ride a bicycle, metaphorically ofcourse. I had a couple of chuckles reading the article. Funny man
The schools have become the schools training Godi Giri , Questioning punishable, freedom from accountability and compliance and freedom from corruption. They are competing with the politicians in growing.
Besides the issues in selection process, the induction as well as future trainings seem improper and inadequate. The officers do not take it as a public service but to act as a boss to command! They keep themselves isolated from the general public and feel they are superior to others unlike in other advanced countries! They fail to honour the technocrats who really deliver on the ground. On the other hand they fall victims to political bosses. Whole criss cross and confusion to show right direction to nation. Training should be so good that shapes up their mindset and personality.
This is strawman and a poor article in general. It basically doesn’t even address the issues in UPSC, just one complaint out of many. It’s not just the memory based exam issue but the idealisation of the service to an extent that it’s not even considered a public service anymore, but a position of power, thoroughly abused as seen in many cases and probably many unreported cases. The amount of behavioral issues among civil servants is so prevalent, that it has rightly earned its reputation of being the puppets of politicians. Anyway, I see no mention of safeguards against abuse by politicians for their own benefit. A thousand issues with the UPSC, an outdated exam pattern with no transparent selection process. Obviously a former civil servant would defend the institution that made him, but this desperate effort to counter valid criticism falls flat. If they know how to drive in formula 1, who is giving them the maruti? Funny. It’s you thats the beraucracy. It’s you who atleast get to drive the maruti, metaphorically, while the people that rely on your work, are not even able to ride a bicycle, metaphorically ofcourse. I had a couple of chuckles reading the article. Funny man
The schools have become the schools training Godi Giri , Questioning punishable, freedom from accountability and compliance and freedom from corruption. They are competing with the politicians in growing.
I really appreciate your views. Very nicely written and expressed.
Best Regards
alakesh
Besides the issues in selection process, the induction as well as future trainings seem improper and inadequate. The officers do not take it as a public service but to act as a boss to command! They keep themselves isolated from the general public and feel they are superior to others unlike in other advanced countries! They fail to honour the technocrats who really deliver on the ground. On the other hand they fall victims to political bosses. Whole criss cross and confusion to show right direction to nation. Training should be so good that shapes up their mindset and personality.