Raman is quite unapologetic about his admiration for the Gandhis, and credits them for what India's intelligence agencies are today. He also laments that these agencies were unable to protect both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, to whom they owed a lot for their existence. The only major point of dissent that I have with the author is regarding the Ayodhya issue. He argues that Muslims in India have not taken to widespread violence until their sentiments were hurt due to Babri-Masjid demolition, and squarely blames the Hindu community for hurting Muslim sentiments, which is quite erroneous and historically untrue. Also, I expected something in detail about R&AW's liaison with the Mossad, but it only gets a mention.