The present volume written by one of the senior most administrators of the State of Rajasthan, contains essays that reflect his encounters with multi-faceted reality. From the war zone in Western India to the resettlement of people, displaced by a drinking water-cum-irrigation project, the volume spans a wide spectrum of administrative situations which are variegated as well as momentous. Subjects such as census administration, tourism promotion, women's development, educational change, land reforms, agrarian structure, revenue legislation, rural development, communal peace and the role of NGO's have been included in this volume. The volume will be found useful to the students of Public Administration and policy makers who are committed to the process of meaningful transformation of a social order through appropriate administrative action.