No, Minister: Subhash Chandra Garg's 2nd memoir mirrors tone of his first

The tenor of the second part of former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg's memoir is not dissimilar to that which pervaded his first one --and the title is a dead giveaway

No, Minister

By Subhash Chandra Garg

Published by Juggernaut

424 pages  ₹799 

There are no government-mandated uniforms for Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, but they must follow an unwritten dress code. A price has to be paid by those who don’t. It may be a casual admonition or a serious charge. Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg recounts in this book two such instances from his 36-year-long service as an IAS officer from the Rajasthan cadre. 

As a young officer, he once called on his senior wearing sneakers. Many years later, Mr Garg was gently admonished publicly by the same senior, who expressed