title: To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story
author: Jairam Ramesh
description: Jairam Ramesh, a member of Parliament, has held key ministerial portfolios during 2006-2014: rural development, drinking water and sanitation, environment and forests, commerce, and power. Besides this, in his capacity as an economist and policy expert, he has been the adviser to the prime minister and the finance minister. He has also served in the Planning Commission of India, Ministry of Industry, and the Advisory Board on Energy.
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  NEERAJ KUMAR
  
  S. HUSSAIN ZAIDI PRESENTS
  
  KHAKI FILES
  
  _Inside Stories of Police Investigations_
  
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  PENGUIN BOOKS
  
  Contents
  
  _Foreword by Raja Vijay Karan_
  
  _Preface_
  
  1\. A Matter of Chance
  
  2\. The Da Lakhvi Code
  
  3\. What the Doctor Ordered
  
  4\. Devil’s Advocate
  
  5\. Story of Their Assassins
  
  6\. Goan Rhapsody
  
  7\. Moon-gazer
  
  8\. Night of Shame
  
  9\. Sovereignty under Siege
  
  _Footnotes_
  
  _1\. A Matter of Chance_
  
  _2\. The Da Lakhvi Code_
  
  _3\. What the Doctor Ordered_
  
  _6\. Goan Rhapsody_
  
  _8\. Night of Shame_
  
  _9\. Sovereignty under Siege_
  
  _Acknowledgements_
  
  _Follow Penguin_
  
  _Copyright_
  
  EBURY PRESS AND BLUE SALT
  
  KHAKI FILES
  
  Neeraj Kumar is one of the most distinguished officers to have served in the
  Indian Police. He joined the IPS in 1976 and retired as the commissioner of
  police, Delhi, in 2013.
  
  While on deputation with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), first as
  deputy inspector ge