With “Fly on the Wall”, Odisha cadre IAS Shubha Sarma turns author

ODISHA cadre IAS of 1999 batch Shubha Sarma has turned author with her first book, Fly on the Wall and Other Stories. It is a collection of 13 short stories with subjects ranging from up-market settings (Dinner at Bukhara) to deep social strife (Flesh and Blood). Former UN diplomat and celebrated writer Shashi Tharoor describes the book as…

Action and Appointments: Govt okays cadre change, inter-cadre deputations

THE government has recently approved a number of cases relating to cadre change and inter-cadre deputation of IAS and IPS officers on personal grounds. Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, a 1999 batch Orissa cadre IAS and his wife Mrs Shubha Sarma, also a 1999 batch Orissa cadre IAS will move from Odisha cadre to Assam segment of Assam-Meghalaya joint cadre, for a period up to April 25, 2015, in relaxation of the requisite “cooling-off” period. Here are more: