The Indian bureaucracy, often romanticized as the “steel frame” of the nation, is founded on the constitutional ideals of equality, impartiality, and meritocracy. Yet, the notion of the ‘casteless bureaucrat’—an
The Indian bureaucracy, often romanticized as the “steel frame” of the nation, is founded on the constitutional ideals of equality, impartiality, and meritocracy. Yet, the notion of the ‘casteless bureaucrat’—an