Stepping beyond Khaki - Revelations of a real-life Singham - K. Annamalai - Book Review
Why Annamalai is the phenomenon that he is - reading his autobiography will help us understand that. As we leaf through his life and the challenges he faces, the learnings he draws out of each of these challenges, it all becomes clear (at least for me) why he receives such adulation. Right from how he cracked his CAT to successfully writing the civil services mains and his MBA final exams (the exams clash) on the same days left me speechless. All through the book, he talks about making the police force better, the question of bribery and there are lessons he picked from each instance, each situation summarised at the end of each such chapter. This book would be a great read for aspirants who wish to join the police force. But for civilians like you and me, it gives a peek into his thought process. The book is written in very simple English and I read it as though Annamalai was giving a lecture in his own voice (in my head). He covers different aspects of the police force, right from