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This book is must for civil service aspirants it gives wider idea of life in bureaucracy. This book is worth inspiring specially to all those who are preparing for this exam. I highly recommend to go through once.

I liked the book it has provieded me insight into what is IAS ?
What will you face in the Job?
Proper benefits and cons of the IAS?
How are honest officers are treated in IAS?
It was shocking to see what happened with such talented IAS officer like Robin Gupta.
But in the end it seems good that only because these types of civil servants that our country is still one after 66 years of independance

Although I guess while reviewing the book the message behind the book should not be the only criteria, but I guess after just crossing half way through this book, one cannot help being queasy and slightly angered.
The writing style is reasonably ok, but the way the author tries to potray himself as an elite, with a natural proclivity towards "finer things" in life, by unneccesary trying to highlight his family's connections with the British elite, his mother's liking for all things Non-Indian...

Paper quality very poor ...book binding is extremely poor..each page of the book is tear apart...

A worth read to get deep insight in the life of IAS.

The minute details of the life of a successful and candid civil servant.All aspirants must read it to prepare themselves for the life of a civil servant.

people like gupta are the reason why ias is called 'elitist'--coming from a privileged background whose mother felt 'london is the place to live in' and whose sister has spent her adult life in usa, one can easily see where gupta is coming from.
in many instances throughout the book it is clear how ignorant gupta had been to local issues and how often he would frequent clubs and the rich instead of focussing on grassroot realities. he looks upon ias from underprivileged backgrounds to be infe...

The book is a really good effort and it does offer great insight into the workings of the Indian bureaucracy and is well worth a read for that. The only grudge against it would be that it fails to retain the pace towards the end.