▁prime ▁minister ▁and ▁president . ▁ ▁A ▁particular ▁segment ▁of ▁the ▁economy ▁is ▁exam ined ▁to ▁show ▁how ▁dem ocr atic ▁institutions ▁are ▁easily ▁manip ulated ▁by ▁am bit ious ▁and ▁well - fund ed ▁business men , ▁who ▁seek ▁prefer ential ▁treatment ▁directly ▁or ▁through ▁inter medi aries ▁including ▁organized ▁crime ▁figures . ▁Through ▁a ▁detailed ▁investigation , ▁the ▁author ▁provides ▁his ▁own ▁evidence , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁modern ▁India ' s ▁most ▁successful ▁entrepr ene urs ▁have ▁th riv ed ▁through ▁b rib es , ▁manip ulation , ▁and ▁possibly ▁even ▁murder . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁segment ▁of ▁the ▁book , ▁Joseph ▁arg ues ▁that ▁India ' s ▁el ite ▁are ▁the ▁benef ici aries ▁of ▁cor ruption , ▁using ▁their ▁financial ▁and ▁political ▁cl out ▁to ▁ste er ▁policy - making ▁and ▁legisl ation .. ▁The ▁el ite ▁are ▁described ▁as ▁' pu ppet ▁master s ' ▁who ▁str addle ▁political ▁and ▁economic ▁power , ▁un enc umber ed ▁by ▁either ▁dem ocr atic ▁account ability ▁or ▁regul atory ▁o vers ight . ▁ ▁Con ception ▁and ▁writing ▁▁ ▁Joseph ▁has ▁described ▁his ▁book ▁as ▁" an ▁ang st - rid den ▁narr ative ▁on ▁the ▁dist ort ion ▁of ▁our ▁dem ocracy ." ▁R oh an ▁V enk at aram ak r ish nan ▁of ▁Scroll . in ▁stated ▁that ▁Joseph ▁sought ▁to ▁cover ▁stories ▁which ▁were ▁un t old ▁due ▁to ▁concerns ▁of ▁lit ig ation . ▁Joseph ▁said ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁the ▁news