DesiPundit

Dr. Babu Paul, a retired IAS officer (1964) goes on a nostalgic trip to Mussoorie with his grandson.So many things have changed since he left the academy, he finds out.

I had just about turned 23 when I came to this campus for the first time in 1964. I recalled that when I reported to a certain Kukreti who was the Assistant Administrative Officer then, a Deputy Collector on deputation from UP service, who told me that my name was not in the list of IAS probationers! I was dumbfounded for a while, and my colleagues in the queue were in a hurry. I waited until another eureka solution appeared to Kukreti and me simultaneously.

May God keep him safe and healthy to go back to Mussoorie in 2014.