The author like his main subject "Aiyar" plays around with words with disastrous consequences. The "nymph and whirpool" analogy fits in very well here. Taking cue from the author's attempts to convince the readers about sensitivities and governance, what is ideology emerge as a significant question.? Is it not sensitivities to the issues of deprivation and skewness in access to development efforts?
Look at Aiyar's diagnosis as a critique of the techno-managerial quick-fixes for governance ailments usually prescribed by the market-freindly international financial institutions in general and the World Bank in particular. The sensitivities of the two of our subjects come out clearly. What stops us from recognising the equally potent and sensitive operating systems in our socio-cultural milieu? That is perhaps ideological "scylla". Lets get this straightened out? The good governance model of the World Bank has been in practice in the country for a long time. Take the case of District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) the predecossor to the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). The good governance model of DPEP has left us with a number of legacies depending upon which state you are attempting to look at. However the most commonly applicable governance model is as follows: "Daily Pio English Pio". The bottom line is in the operating procedures. The same issues have emerged very strongly in those districts where the World Bank is operating one of the most opaque development programme called the "District Poverty Initiative Programme (DPIP)". Viva Good Governance.
