Review - The Book Insights from the Frontlines of Governance. Author - Mr Suresh Kumar. IAS (Retd ), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt of Punjab and Chief Principal Secretary to The Chief Minister, Govt of Punjab. Review by – Dinesh Kumar Kapila , CGM (Retd), NABARD, Author / Mentor. This short review of the captioned book examines its core themes, framework, and the assessment of Governance, of course it has an emphasis on Punjab but it goes much beyond Punjab. It’s a reflection of the author’s experience and simultaneously its looking forward on Governance, along with its challenges, complexities and aspirations. The chapters on Punjab resonate for those who hail from this region. The Author, Mr Suresh Kumar, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer, brings decades of grassroots and macro-level administrative experience to the book. The fundamental premise of the book is that governance is a continuous learning process rather tha...
Stories about Frauds and the Mind of a Fraudster Dinesh Kumar Kapila Just an opening question to lead into the topic, why do some men, even seventy plus years old, fall for the oldest fraud in the world, that a young lady out of nowhere is calling up and is genuinely interested in them, then repenting after sometimes paying out huge sums. Before trusting the Fraudster, they should simply look at the mirror and know their own reality ! This question is to lead into the issue, the flavour of it. A friend of many years was speaking to me today. The name of a mutual acquaintance came up as we talked, I came to know that inspite of a stellar and well known track record in committing frauds, this mutual acquaintance had pulled off yet another fraud. Even after knowing about him, the victim still played along, believing he, the victim was also onto something major to gain. And the amount was also substantial. Yet it happened. And ever so smoothly. No matter the fall out or t...