Silver Lining: Insights into Gujarat

A story of pride and achievement, this volume narrates in an engaging manner the experiences of a senior civil servant in Gujarat. It is a perceptive account by one who is not only an observer, but an active participant in the sphere of higher education. It discusses how motives and methods intersects with the lives of ordinary people, and enrich them in the face of numerous challenges and hardships. True learning, argues Ravi, begins when we learn to read the world rather than the word, instances of which she cites and celebrates in these essays. This book will inspire policymakers, bureaucrats, civil services aspirants, as well as informed general readers.