Unfinished Innings: Recollections and Reflections of a Civil Servant

The author?s seeking premature retirement?eighteen months before the due date in March 1993?as the Union Home Secretary, was widely reported and extensively debated in the media. In his memoirs Mr Godbole narrates the events that prompted his decision to resign from government service. The author interestingly accompanies the reader behind the scenes, to the world of Indian bureaucracy and realpolitik.