Sharp, insightful, shocking, delightful. In this sparkling memoir, Vinod Mehta, India's most independent, principled and irreverent editor finally tells his own story. With its ring side view of some major events of our times and masterly portraits from the worlds of politics, business, films and the media, this unputdownable book brims over with wit, wisdom, scandal and gossip.

Vinod Mehta has founded and edited numerous publications, among them India's first Sunday paper, the Sunday Observer, the Indian Post, the Independent and the Pioneer (Delhi edition). Currently, he is editorial chairman of the Outlook Group which brings out several magazines, including the weekly news magazine Outlook. Vinod Mehta has authored biographies of Sanjay Gandhi and Meena Kumari and in 2001 published a collection of his articles under the title, Mr. Editor, How Close Are You to the PM?