Arjun Deshmukh writes about Indian bureaucracy the way a forensic accountant reads a balance sheet — looking for what is missing. His investigative instincts were sharpened covering defence procurement scandals, but he found the richest material in the mundane: empanelment lists, central deputation rosters, the revolving door between ministries and post-retirement sinecures. He believes every IAS officer's career tells a story, and most of those stories have never been told honestly.
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