Despite the growing presence of multinationals and the ongoing emphasis on work-culture in the corporate world, if the first preference of the Indian middle classes continues to be government service even today, it is largely related to the pleasures of irresponsibility, idleness, graft, bribery and other forms of corruption. So in the last six decades since independence, government service has turned into a synonym of all the above vices. This is how transfers and postings among the services have become an ‘industry’ which is thriving and flourishing among us more than many others, from government offices to the bungalows of politicians in power. The finer details of this ‘industry’, which only an insider can access, are presented to us by this novel with a satire so trenchant and powerful that we begin to look at our bureaucracy during recent years with something close to despair. A delightful reading as it offers, the reader is compelled to begin asking whither we as a nation are headed.