He is notable for not yielding to the corrupt system of the Indian bureaucracy.

New Delhi is a cosmopolitan city due to the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural presence of the vast Indian bureaucracy and political system.

"Legitimate scholars were hounded by the Indian bureaucracy," Mr. Ganguly said.

He fought with Indian bureaucracy for 19 years to prove that he is alive.

Though the prevalent license-permit raj in Indian bureaucracy ended for most retailing in the 1990s, it continues in this trade.

American executives are finding that the Indian bureaucracy, though gradually releasing its tight grip on the economy, wields wide powers, compounding inefficiencies from decades of socialism.

However, as they attempt to make this dream a reality, they encounter massive corruption and red tape at various levels of Indian bureaucracy.

Mr. Shekhar said the notorious Indian bureaucracies were far less inhibiting than most Indians imagine, if they were not given conflicting signals.

Indian bureaucracy at the crossroads, by Syamal Kumar Ray.

The enormous relief operation seems to have become mired in the morass of the Indian bureaucracy.