Synopsis This book perceptively portrays changes in style and texture of policing in India that occurred during the four turbulent decades of the last century and sensitively narrates the agony and ecstasy of a senior law-enforcement officer committed to the cause of human rights. The book shot through with the author’s compassion, humane outlook and discerning vision, will be of particular interest to the young officers joining the police service as well as their senior peers, and members of the public troubled by the decline of law and order and erosion of human rights.