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Inscribed In Cold-Hearted Ink

Inscribed In Cold-Hearted Ink

Indians knows it's the rare inquiry commission or SIT that ends up saying or finding something that brings justice. This book drives home that tragic point, mercilessly.

Inscribed In Cold-Hearted Ink AP

That the upper echelons of the Indian establishment are filled with grand little men of feeble integrity or diminished competence—and sometimes even both qualifications—is one of the country’s best-kept official secrets.

Somewhere deep inside the innards of the system is a shortlist of our ‘Most Reliable Men’. These are names that can be counted upon to deliver via an inq­uiry commission or an investigative rep­ort exactly what the system needs when­ever there is a call for justice that cannot be brushed aside with silence, denial, threats or force. On the rare occasion that a crucial job ends up in the hands of someone ‘unreliable’—Justice B.N. Sri­kr­i­shna confounded the government by indicting politicians and police officers in his report on the 1992-93 Bombay riots—the establishment, which inclu­des leaders from all parties, closes ranks to ensure the findings are never acted upon.

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