My message to my IAS/IPS batchmates

I sent this msg to some of my batchmates:
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This blog post links to a short video which everyone should see.

The simple fact: India has zero (in fact, negative) capacity in public policy making. Australia has one of the highest such capacities in the world. The consequences are fully predictable.

Btw – what you are seeing today (good people punished, bad people glorified) is a perfect example of the outcomes of this public policy process.

I also notice not a single one of you has taken any interest any time in your life to ask me questions about what I do in Australia, why I have come to the view I have formed about public policy, and why I have formed a political party to fix this problem.

Sometimes it might be helpful to ask questions – since what you are living in totally predictable based on the incentives at work in the system.

I’m always open to answering questions, but I find it really odd that even my batchmates don’t ask questions – leave alone the average person in the streets. How can one possibly improve if one is so sure that no one else has anything useful or meaningful to say?

I’m visiting India in July and can potentially spend time to personally meet and answer any questions that anyone may have. It just intrigues me that so many of you visited Melbourne, many even met me and I took you out