An Uncivil Servant: the Success Story of a Bureaucrat Turned Businessman

In an intimate and inspiring account of theife of a middle-class Indianiving in a joint family, An Uncivil Servant vividly recounts theife of a refugee's son, from the streets of Allahabad to the corridors of bureaucracy.It delves into the private and the publicife of Ravi Mohan Sethi of the IAS to provide an insider's account of the various trappings of the government.His grandfather's motto was 'chakki, charkha, te sarfa' (hard work, self-reliance and thrift) and it taught Ravi Mohan Sethi, while he was still a child, virtues andessons that would stand him in good stead as he grew up to deal with players in the political arena.Intertwined with the personal struggles and triumphs of Ravi Mohan Sethi, are aspects of Indian culture, tradition and mannerisms, preserved for posterity and offering a glimpse intoife as it was just after partition.Simply written, vivid anducid, An Uncivil Servant captures an extraordinary man as well as the essence of the Indian way ofife.