This autobiography provides deep insight into the life and times of Biswakesh Tripathy, an IPS officer of 1954 batch. Describing his early life and education, it narrates his life as an IPS officer and his encounters with Naga insurgents and Naxalites, and the challenges faced by him during the communal riots in Gujarat, Telengana and Punjab suba agitation.

It also recounts in great detail the Khalistani terrorism and the Blue Star operation in which Tripathy himself participated. His encounters with personalities like India Gandhi, Gyani Zail Singh, Siddhartha Shankar Ray and Raj Kapoor also find place in the discussion.