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Thursday, 27 August 2020

POLYTICKS, DEMOCKRAZY AND MUMBO- JUMBO

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This is the cover of my new book releasing on the 31st of August, 2020. Published  by Pippa Rann Books and Media, UK. It's a collection...
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020

THE SMALL TOWN BOY.

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    Shashipal was a small town boy and proudly remained one till the end. He breathed his last on the 24th of this month, ending- I hope i...
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Saturday, 22 August 2020

DOCTORS SHOULD LEARN TO BE AMBASSADORS OF DEATH.

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         This year approximately 56 million people will die globally, roughly 2/3rds of them in hospitals. More people are dying today o...
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Saturday, 15 August 2020

THE PRASHANT BHUSHAN CASE-- AN ORDER THAT DIMINISHES DEMOCRACY

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                                THE PRASHANT BHUSHAN CASE-- AN ORDER THAT DIMINISHES DEMOCRACY                                          ...
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Saturday, 8 August 2020

LAST MAN STANDING ?

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   I am fully aware that the subject I am about to broach is a touchy one, as any good word, even a muted one, about Rahul Gandhi is cons...
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Friday, 31 July 2020

THE DUFFER ZONE

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   These days I find myself inclining more and more to the poetic. And therefore, like Wordsworth, my heart leapt up with joy the other d...
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Saturday, 25 July 2020

THE LOCKDOWN DIARIES ( XVII) -- PURANIKOTI AND THE OTHER SIDE OF COVID

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   Social distancing actually works! It's been more than a month since I arrived in my little village near Shimla from Delhi and my O...
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Avay Shukla
The author retired from the IAS in December 2010. A keen environmentalist and trekker he writes for various publications and websites on the environment, governance and social issues. He has published seven books: THE TRAILS LESS TRAVELLED (2015), THE SPECTER OF CHOOR DHAR (2019), POLYTICKS, DEMOCRAZY AND MUMBO-JUMB0 (2020), THE WASTED YEARS (2021), THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER'S DOG AND OTHER COLLEAGUES (2023), DISAPPEARING DEMOCRACY-DISMANTLING OF A NATION (2024) and the most recent one, HOLY COWS AND LOOSE CANNONS (2025).He divides his time between Delhi and his cottage in a small village above Shimla.
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