▁My ▁book ▁is ▁an ▁ang st - rid den ▁narr ative ▁on ▁the ▁dist ort ion ▁of ▁our ▁dem ocracy ". ▁" One ▁of ▁the ▁fundamental ▁fla ws ▁in ▁our ▁system ▁is ▁that ▁Indian ▁politics ▁su cks ▁in ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁black ▁money ▁and ▁our ▁corpor ates ▁are ▁forced ▁to ▁feed ▁the ▁political ▁class . ▁If ▁we ▁can ▁bring ▁trans par ency ▁in ▁political ▁fund ing , ▁that ▁itself ▁will ▁dimin ish ▁cor ruption ". ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Sy ed ▁Fir da us ▁Ash raf ▁for ▁Red iff . com , ▁Joseph ▁said : ▁" As ▁rep or ters , ▁we ▁are ▁always ▁dealing ▁with ▁a ▁tiny ▁bit ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁puzz le . ▁We ▁are ▁also ▁ham str ung ▁by ▁space ▁limitations , ▁various ▁kinds ▁of ▁c ensor ships ▁im posed ▁by ▁corpor ate , ▁political ▁and ▁such ▁interests ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁restrictions . ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁report ▁and ▁interpret ▁modern ▁India ▁without ▁any ▁self - c ensor ship , ▁var n ishing ▁or ▁any ▁other ▁consider ations . ▁A ▁Fe ast ▁Of ▁V ult ures ▁is ▁my ▁first ▁step ▁in ▁this ▁direction ". ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reviews ▁ ▁Re views ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁were ▁largely ▁positive . ▁ ▁Har ish ▁Kh are , ▁editor ▁of ▁The ▁Trib une , ▁called ▁it ▁" an ▁ir rit ating ly ▁brilliant ▁book ▁[ t old ] ▁with ▁considerable ▁compet ence ▁and ▁style ." ▁He ▁further ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁so ber ing ▁and ▁condem ning ▁view ▁absent ▁from