Over the course of his thirty-five-year-long stint in the Indian Police Service, Krishipal ‘K. P.’ Raghuvanshi came to be known as the quintessential ‘Troubleshooter’, confronting the most perilous situations with courage. His extraordinary career, meticulously detailed by award-winning journalist Jitendra Dixit, reveals the untold saga of an intrepid police officer who navigated the most treacherous landscapes to tackle terrorism, organized crime, insurgency and political manoeuvring....

Mumbai is an ever-evolving city, bustling and brimming, never sleeping for a wink. But the past four decades brought upheavals of great magnitude that shaped the city as we know today. Marred by communal riots, gang wars and terrorism, the spirit of Mumbai has emerged indomitable every single time.Born and raised in the lanes of Bombay 3, this is the story of Jagan Kumar who dreams of being a television journalist and changing the world. But once he achieves this, he realises that ...

The demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December 1992 was followed by riots across India. Mumbai had always been susceptible to communal violence, but the violence in December 1992 and then again in January 1993 was unprecedented. Two months later, in March, serial blasts rocked the city, killing over 250 and injuring 700. Communal strife was followed by gang wars and natural calamities, all of which changed the city forever.Bombay after Ayodhya chronicles how t...

In 2019, a high-voltage political drama unfolded over thirty-five days between the declaration of the Maharashtra assembly election results and the formation of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in the state. The startling events that had the entire country glued to television screens culminated in the swearing in of Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister on 28 November 2019. This book is a blow-by-blow account of the ups and downs that took place during those thirty-five days that baffled...