Fashion with a Cause: How civil servants post their photos sporting handwoven saris, jackets

Varsha Joshi, 1995 batch IAS sporting a handwoven sari

REACTING to a trend #IWearHandloom that took social media by storm on Monday, a number of civil servants including Ambassador of India to UNESCO Ruchira Kamboj, joint secretary ranked IAS officers Sumita Misra, Abhishek Singh, Varsha Joshi, Usha Padhee etc., NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, former IFS Nirupama Rao, former IPS Kiran Bedi et al have shared their own photos sporting beautiful handwoven dresses in micro-blogging site Twitter in the last couple of days. The trend began when union textile minister Smriti Irani shared her own photo wearing a blue handloom sari with an appeal for others also to wear…

What bureaucrats have to say about BJP’s landslide victory, formation of Modi Sarkar

Lotus blooms in Delhi traffic signals (Courtesy: Abhishek Singh, IAS)

A DAY before the results of the general elections that gave Narendra Modi-led BJP a thumping victory, IAS officer of 1995 batch Abhishek Singh posted this photo in Twitter showing how a boy was selling lotus flowers in a Delhi street. His caption: “Lotus blooms on traffic signals in Delhi! #bjp #namo #lotus”. A day later, when actual results were out, union industry secretary and 1980 batch IAS Amitabh Kant wrote: “This is vote against doles, against vote bank politics, against corruption, against dynastic politics! A vote 4 growth and jobs! Task begins now!” BoI here lists a few social media posts by serving and former bureaucrats on BJP’s landslide victory and formation of Modi Sarkar:

Air India Strike: A bureaucrat victim comes out with an innovative formula

GUESS who are the silent sufferers of the Air India mess arising out of the pilot strike? Incidentally, the bureaucrats who by rulebooks must fly the national carrier for official assignments and LTA, are now a frustrating lot. There are uncertainties around, and for some, summer holidays are at stake! You could be a powerful babu, but you are constrained to air your genuine concerns through a TV channel. But here is an IAS officer who has suggested an innovative formula of how to allow a government officer to fly other than Air India. Here it is: