Susan, Ram, Ranbir and Ajay, for ironing out some of the crinkles in my day.
All my outstanding colleagues at Tehelka who consistently produce a journalism we can be proud of.
Ritu Sud who struggles to bring order to the chaos of my life.
Marc Parent for joyously embracing all my efforts.
Nandita for her excellent editing; and Karthika V.K. for her superb shepherding of the entire book.
Vera Michalski, Oliviero, Elisabetta, and David Godwin for gifting it their considerable skills and support.
My friend Vatsala, for her characteristic generosity in setting aside her many concerns to do a fine, final read.
Andy, as always, for intuiting the design.
And Bibek Debroy, for his translation of the Gita that I dipped into, among others.