AWAKENINGS

Month of February 2019 had become Historic due to the following developments: • On the 14 th February 2019 around 3.00 pm, Pulwama Terror attack was carried out by a Jaish suicide bomber Adil Ahmad Dar, a local from Indian Administered Kashmir. Jaish -e-Mohammed was the creation of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence and its chief Masood Azhar is being sheltered by the Pakistan. • • On the very next day the 15 th February 2019, Most Favored Nation Status accorded to Pakistan was revoked with immediate effect and India imposed 200% customs duty on all goods originating from Pakistan. • • India made a strong case and appeal to all members of the international community to support listing Jaish -e-Mohammed chief   Masood Azhar , as a designated terrorist under the 1267 Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council and to ban terrorist organizations operating from territories controlled by Pakistan.   • T he Portuguese Parliament unanimo...

Friends and Countrymen! As an IAS officer I have always kept myself equidistant from all political parties. My allegiance was ONLY to the Constitution of India and my Conscience. In the course of my career I have seen several political parties and their leaders. In my allotted state Bihar, I have seen Karpoori Thakur , Jagganath Mishra , Chandrashekhar Singh, Bindeshwari Dubey , Bhagwat Jha Azad, Sachidanand Singh, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar as Chief Ministers. At the centre I had Kalpnath Rai , N K P Salve, Venugopala Chari, Y K Alagh , Arun Shourie , P.   Chidambaram and Sharad Pawar as my Ministers. Apart from this, I had to face ministers like Pranab Mukherjee , Jaswant Singh, Arun Jaitley as well. Of course, I do not expect anyone of them to remember me. I also saw from close quarters Devi Gawda , R K Gujral , Narasimha Rao , Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh as Prime Ministers. I retired as Agriculture Secret...