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| babu blogger as imagined by an ex-IAS |
But what’s about babu blogger’s identity? Is babu blogger a serving government officer with a passion to chronicle events of Raisina Hills? Or is he, or she, a retired babu who is well versed with power equations? Or is he/she a smart private secretary of a powerful politician? If not so, is babu blogger a female journalist with an easy access to high and mighty of Lutyen’s Delhi?
Hold your breath. Here is the first serious attempt to imagine how babu blogger looks like, and who he or she could be. And the guesswork is done by none other than a veteran ex-IAS officer. Look at this babu blogger’s caricature made by 1962 batch retired Maharashtra cadre IAS VS Gopalakrishnan who passionately sings, blogs and paints even after 16 years of retirement. Here is Gopalakrishnan’s guess: “The BB (babu blogger) is retired. So, not young looking. Wears specs (thick due to reading habits). Prefers polka-dot shirt. Hails from Bihar, worked in UP cadre and settled down in Delhi!”
babu blogger often receives emails with various guesses about who he or she could be. Everyone is convinced that babu blogger is well versed with action-packed Indian bureaucracy, and he or she is impartial and has also a nose for news. But is babu blogger an outsider, or very much a part of the Great Indian Babudom? Any guess? You can post your comments below this write-up, and also take part in BoI’s Guess Game placed at the left top corner of this site. Enjoy every moment of your visit to BoI action zone.
Well Done babu blogger. Good insight about power corridor
ReplyDeleteBabu Blogger is a young journalist with some sort of connection with Odisha.The contents published on this blog mostly copy-paste stuff from various government circulars put up on govt websites.The posts contain very little or no analysis.The analysis,if any,doesn't make much sense.
ReplyDeleteDear Babu Blogger sir, you have done a very good job even after your retirement. Your blog is a departure from typical appointment news. It's more about people than policies. All the best sir.
ReplyDeleteI am convinced babu blogger is someone within the government. There are many bureaucrats/former bureaucrats who love to track what's going on in bureaucracy. Who will be appointed where; who says what etc. etc. Anyway, well done. Must compliment VS Gopalakrishnan for his ability to imagine and drawing of this brilliant cartoon.
ReplyDeleteI read one of the comments saying contents in this site are just reproduction of government circulars. I have spent 4 hours scanning contents of several months. I beg to differ. babu blogger has captured some of the interesting trends on corridors of power which I have not read before.
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