The recent events are a good time to mull on attention grabbing behavior of bureaucrats
Sagayam IAS sleeps in a graveyard to protect evidence
Sagayam IAS sleeps in a graveyard to protect evidence
Anupama IAS was appointed Food Safety Commissioner in Kerala. She demonstrates her cooking skills in a TV show. https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/malayalam/TV-Anupama-IAS-to-show-off-her-cooking-skills/articleshow/49165347.cms
Tirupati SP Ramesh Reddy comes across farm workers and he pitches in with the harvest https://zeenews.india.com/india/tirupati-sp-avula-ramesh-reddy-helps-farmers-in-harvesting-donates-50-percent-salary-2283618.html
Salem Collector Rohini IAS helps a homeless old lady
Sabrang tells us how India is poorer because a mid level bureaucrat decided on a career shift https://sabrangindia.in/article/what-india-lost-ias-officer-sasikanth-sehthils-resignation
Ritika Jindal IAS gives the priests of a temple lessons in gender equality https://www.amarujala.com/shimla/women-ias-officer-stopped-from-sitting-in-havan-in-shoolini-temple-in-himachal-know-what-happened-then
IAS officers of 2015 batch walk the ramp at a handloom expo.
The original attention seeking babu. He probably showed up at work for 10 days in the last 7 years of service. India rewarded him by making him a CM twice.
Abhishek Singh IAS turns actor https://m.mid-day.com/articles/ias-officer-turned-actor-abhishek-singh-on-what-made-him-pursue-a-career-in-acting-find-out/22822254
And before you reminisce about the good old days, let me remind you of Upamanyu Chatterjee, who found the time during his career to write 5-6 books. Just because he was tasteful doesn't take away from the fact that he was goofing off from work.