India: Twilight At Midday: (Untold Story of a Sick Society) - Paperback

About The Book: All that is ugly about India is the theme of this study. Dictatorship via emergency to a series of corruption, every facet of our decaying society has been brilliantly brought out in the book. It may irritate,annoy and at times anger the reader, but cannot fail to grip his mind, excite and stimulate to an unprecedented degree. About The Author: Shashi B. Shahi, a former IPS officer who rose to the top position in his cadre, has had a lifelong passion for reading and writing. His long stint in the police coupled with extraodinarily observant eyes and ears equipped him with a rare insight into all facets of Indian life, including human conduct at its worst. A voracious reaeder and prolific writer, his wideranging intellectual quests took him to numerous seminars and symposia in India and abroad, in which he contributed papers on subjects ranging from criminology to economic development, youth affairs and world peace. His article on diverse topics of national interest have been published in dailies, periodicals and journals from time to time. He is also closely associated with the publication of a magazine Denouement as a member of its editorial board. Widely travelled through Europe and America, he brings about a refreshing world view to bear upon his writings which is highly stimulating. He made hgis mark as a powerful writer. in a delightful racy style of his own, with his thoughtprovoking book Politics of Corruption: the Goddess that Failed. It has been acclaimed as as authentic account of India's steep slide down into the morass of corruption and criminalisation after Independence.