Mesmerising Sachin : Trust, Transparency and Team-work for Swachh Bharat
When I learnt Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar, the legend, and Brand Ambassador of Swachh Bharat, was interacting with some champion Collectors ( doing brilliant work […]
Beyond swachhta, with women empowerment: Mandi Vikas Abhiyaan
Sandeep Kadam, DC Mandi, again demonstrates the criticality of district leadership for change. A district already declared open defecation free, Sandeep has not only continued […]
Lessons from Singapore
1. Singapore provided insights into some useful concepts deployed by the country in their public policy. I am outlining five broad ideas emerging from my […]
Behavioural economics and policy design for Swachh Bharat
Singapore recycles its water, including sewage water. When they realised they are a water deficient country, and that Malaysia was ever increasing the price of […]
SHIT WILL BE FOUGHT WITH SHIT
Hands of majority of motivators in Fatehgarh Saheb rise to a question – ‘how many of you have taken shit in your hands’ ? It […]
Name, shame; but not the children
The Swachh Bharat is a programme different from many. Rather than a typical government programme talking of subsidies, beneficiaries and target, it is taking the […]
Be kind, as a poor man !
We have a cycle wallah close to our colony. He lives with one or two more people on the pavement, making a small hut, around […]
Number 2s, number 3s – they’re important
In IAS, one normally works at number 1 position, at least in the initial 10 years or so. A CEO, Zilla Panchayat, a Municipal Commissioner, […]
दूधयाचे सरपंच तुम्ही राष्ट्राचे धोरण थरविले (O Sarpanch of Dudha, you helped determine the national policy)
The budget announcement of 2016 included this – ‘In order to continue this (Swachh Bharat) momentum, priority allocation from Centrally Sponsored Schemes will be made […]
Notes from West Bengal
Electronic transfer of funds : the State is rolling out a system of electronic transfer of funds, with a single account at the State level. […]
The Wealth of Cities
Chicago , Boston (Written during my 6 week Eisenhower Fellowship in the U.S. in 2012) The first two observations of a person visiting Chicago the […]
Purpose in Life
The Unconference at Boston (Written during the 6 week Eisenhower Fellowship in the U.S. in 2012) We loved the fact that it was called ‘un’-conference. […]
The Indians (Natives in the U.S.)
Navajo Nation, Pueblos, Santa Fe (Written during the 6 week Eisenhower Fellowship in the U.S. in 2012) Glad we saw this part of America as […]
Washington DC – Eisenhower
Written during the 6 week Eisenhower Fellowship in the U.S. in 2012 (Oct 10th) ‘It makes sense to work towards making systems working smarter rather […]