Alok Sheel

Alok Sheel
Alok Sheel

Alok Sheel is a retired civil servant.

Two Visions For India

What kind of India do we want? Alok Sheel pens a ballad on two visions.
▶25-Mar-2024
Alok Sheel

Don't Judge the Past through the Eyes of the Present

It would be wrong to use present-day norms to label certain historical events as crimes. If we must judge the past, it should be in relation to its time, rather than our present.
▶19-Jan-2023
Alok Sheel
Book
Satire

The Civil Servant’s New Bible: How to cook a DOSA

When the political times change, the civil servants learn to adapt. In the Old Testament the rule was to do nothing; in the new you learn to cook (not fry) a DOSA. Satire, we must say so in these…
▶20-Dec-2022
Alok Sheel

Sahir Ludhianvi's Song for a 'New India': Circa 2022

Sahir's lyrics for the Hindi film 'Didi' (1959) continue to have great contemporary relevance.
▶27-Jul-2022
Alok Sheel

Comorbidities of the Indian Economic Recovery

The comorbidities of falling investment, exports, and consumption will make recovery look like the Nike swoosh logo: a flat and protracted recovery. A series of measures, including a rebuilding of…
▶14-Oct-2020
Alok Sheel