Tag: duty

• Are you abiding the law- as a matter of convenience, obligation or duty OR not at all?

  If you stand at any general traffic signal in any typical city of India (apart from the major big traffic signals), you can observe following different of behaviours with respect to compliance of traffic laws and rules: First, is the category of people, who only follow traffic rules when there is traffic police to monitor…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Sep 19, 2026

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, Dreams for humanity, India of our dreams, philosophy, public administration, Sustainable future

  anarchy, citizen, duty, freedom, laws, punishment, right, society, tax, traffic rules, violation

• Are you working to save your job or to learn and contribute something to the organization?

  When I was in TATA Steel, I had the good fortune of meeting many plant chiefs during our training period. Most of the chiefs there were amazing people, devoted to their work, highly skilled and knowledgeable and deeply motivated. During one of our interactions with a small group of trainees, one chief remarked- “If you…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Mar 18, 2026

  Blast from the past, Inspiration, organization-theory, public administration

  dedication, duty, goals, motivation, motivation theory, organization, organizational goals, performance, personal goals

• The flawed and misplaced obsession with the posts/positions!

  There is a vast majority of people in our country and even elsewhere in the world, who are obsessed with occupying some high-level post or position in the society. And why shouldn’t they? Because such posts/positions command influence, power and authority to “do something”. And higher is the ability to do something, higher is the…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Nov 14, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, India of our dreams, Indian democracy and polity, The values of humanity

  accountability, authority, bureaucracy, Constitution, democracy, duty, election, nation, obsession, people, politics, polity, position, post, power, representatives