Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter1 What Is This Book About? -- Chapter 2 Tussle for Power: Bureaucrats versus Politicians -- Chapter 3 IAS Officers in the Headlines -- Chapter 4 Bureaucracy Responsible for Sedimentary Development in India? -- Chapter 5 Why Is Bureaucracy Failing to Deliver? -- Chapter 6 Are Bureaucrats Good at Designing Programmes? -- Chapter 7 Is Bureaucracy Fair to Marginalized Groups? -- Chapter 8 The Strange Case of Bihar: From Lalu Ya dav to Nitish Kumar -- Chapter 9 Corruption in the IAS: Abuse of Power -- Chapter 10 Civil Society: Substitute for Bureaucracy, or Just Troubleshooters? -- Chapter 11 IAS Unmasked: In Dire Need of Systematic Reforms -- References -- About the Author.