Six years ago, on this day Bureaucrats India was born out of a combination of circumstances and instincts. The Covid lull had disrupted normal activity. The digital space was growing rapidly but was also becoming increasingly chaotic. The mainstream media was finding less and less space for stories that did not fit the conventional news cycle. Yet, across the length and breadth of India, governments, administrators, police officers, public institutions and public sector enterprises were doing important work.

There were stories of change everywhere. Many of them were simply not being told. As a journalist, I felt there was a need to create a space for these stories. A space that could document good governance, public policy, reforms, executive action and the people working behind the machinery of the State. That was the beginning of Bureaucrats India. The idea was never to say that everything the government does is good, or that every bureaucrat deserves praise. It was simply to make sure that good work also found a place in public discourse. Six years later, that belief remains at the heart of what we do.