tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26187191.post1185969474579906200..comments2023-02-13T18:27:42.289+05:30Comments on Recycled Writings: Manivannan, Mysore's man of the hourGVKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350402171842472556noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26187191.post-39544777529947143972007-09-19T23:03:00.000+05:302007-09-19T23:03:00.000+05:30Just adding my two cents worth - may not be worth ...Just adding my two cents worth - may not be worth even that - about the rarity of finding good people in government and what makes good people in government good. <BR/><BR/>Mr. Sreedharan whom you mentioned - I knew his son in college. His only son, mind you. They used to live in a huge and ornate bungalow in Mumbai, where Mr. Sreedharan was GM Western Railway. <BR/><BR/>Well, Mr. S did not get a job for his son who had a pretty rough career path compared to most of us. He's doing very well now, being a most sincere and capable person. And on his part, the son never let on that his dad was a big guy. He would always travel 2nd class with us, though he was railway royalty.<BR/><BR/> The net result of this was and is, I believe, that everyone - EVERYONE, politicians included - was terrified of Mr. S. Everything in the department ran exactly as Mr. S wanted it to. No one dared incurring the wrath of a man who was honest AND competent.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure Mr. Mannivannan must be just like that. There is so little accountability in government that even the highest in the hierarchy can do nothing to a subordinate who does not wish to work - which is most of them. It is only the sheer force of their personality that makes things happen. <BR/><BR/>If Mr. M has made things move in Hubli-Dharwad, then he must be one of those men. Mysore is lucky it has got someone like that. This loveliest of cities has been slowly going to seed. Hopefully the trend will now reverseNarendra shenoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435746867801885684noreply@blogger.com