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Counsel not heeded

Sir, — It was refreshing to read `This day that age' (March 20) that the 93-year-old Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya had cautioned 50 years ago against the development of India being left in the hands of dilettante administrators when he said, "The theory of ICS men being good for all things has done us much harm". Of course, this wise counsel from the most respectable engineer of the century was not followed. The ICS was merely replaced by the IAS and the country continues to pay the price.

R. Sundaram,
Chennai

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