If we can understand the bureaucracy,we can have a fairly good idea about the working of our government from inside.

This book provides unconventional insights into inscrutable public (even private!) bureaucracies, where chaos is the order of the day and imperfection the ubiquitous pattern.

Several subtle influences that condition organisational behaviour have been postulated in the form of laws and many are illustrated with insightful anecdotes.

These unwritten laws are the nuts and bolts of babudom.


The book will be of interest to-

*Bureaucrats, management professionals, politicians, businesspersons, theoreticians and lay readers.

It may be of special interest to those who want to understand why bureaucracy works in uncanny ways: for example-

*Why an honest bureaucrat is unpopular?

*Why partiality, incompetence and mediocrity are promoted and why poetic justice is a pipedream?

The book will teach readers a cardinal rule: If you must live with bureaucracy, learn the ground rules and play the game accordingly to get your way!


About the author:

Born on 21 April 1969, in Asansol, West Bengal, Barun Kumar Sahu hails originally from Giridih (Jharkhand).

A Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur (1990), the author is an IAS officer of the 1992 batch, Manipur-Tripura cadre.

He has held several senior positions under the governments of Tripura and Jharkhand. He has rich experience of public policy formulation and administration.

Mr Sahu was one of the contributors to the book Skills for Effective Administrators ,edited by VK Agnihotri (1995).

His English rendition of one hundred Tripuri tribal folk songs was published as Atop Jhum Hills (1999).

He writes and contributes articles on current affairs and news analysis as a hobby.

Amusing Anecdotes on Indian Red Tape was his first book for Pustak Mahal. The author is married and has two young daughters.