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In an article “Indian civil services on the comeback trail” (“Independent India at 60” – special supplement, August 15, 2007, page 19), the first paragraph was: “‘Civil services at a crossroads,’ ‘The more the civil services change, the more certainly in the period since Independence, they have been the ready-at-hand punch bag and they remain the same,’ ‘Civil servants or uncivil serpents?’ ‘Neces sary evil.’”

The sentence became garbled in editing and the words in italics crept in. It should read: “‘Civil services at a crossroads,’ ‘The more the civil services change, the more they remain the same,’ ‘Civil servants or uncivil serpents?’ ‘Necessary evil.’”

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In an article “Indian civil services on the comeback trail” (“Independent India at 60” – special supplement, August 15, 2007, page 19), the first paragraph was: “‘Civil services at a crossroads,’ ‘The more the civil services change, the more certainly in the period since Independence, they have been the ready-at-hand punch bag and they remain the same,’ ‘Civil servants or uncivil serpents?’ ‘Neces sary evil.’”

The sentence became garbled in editing and the words in italics crept in. It should read: “‘Civil services at a crossroads,’ ‘The more the civil services change, the more they remain the same,’ ‘Civil servants or uncivil serpents?’ ‘Necessary evil.’”

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