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It is he who has meticulously maintained and filed my personal diaries, press cuttings, crime reports and records, case files, court case papers and judgements. I must also thank Janardhan Naik, my batman who has worked with me for nearly two and a half decades. I am grateful to both of them for the innumerable corrections they carried out and the printouts they took. They patiently bore with my lack of computer skills and old-fashioned ways of correcting drafts. Nutan Bhurke and Nicholas D’Souza were my other unfailing support systems. I cannot thank Kirti and Poonam enough for joining me on this cathartic journey and making it enjoyable too as we went along. Long forgotten days appeared on the hazy canvas with surprising accuracy and when we came to the stressful and unpleasant bits, Kirti’s humorous quips and banter with Poonam helped me see the lighter side and put things in perspective. Light of day, had it not been for their insistence that without them my memoir would be incomplete. All those bits and pieces about my parents and my school for instance, would not have seen the
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It was the patient and insightful probing and interviewing by Poonam and Kirti that brought out the nuances that otherwise would have been lost. And having worked as a junior to her father (the late Shamrao Samant, an eminent defence lawyer and a famous prosecutor the State relied on for conducting sensational cases of his times), she could easily relate to a police officer’s life and predicament. Moreover, as my contemporary, she has had first-hand experience of the period the book covers. Brought up in a pure Marathi ethos and yet steeped in the generous Maharashtrian cosmopolitan culture of Mumbai, her versatility in Marathi, Hindi and even Gujarati made her keep me rooted in Mumbai’s culture and reality which is the matrix of our police force. Kirti brought with her an approach which was totally uncontrived and dispassionate. The latter, as Poonam’s colleague and bestie, has had a ringside view of our family for the past three decades. It was also Poonam who suggested that Kirti be taken on board for this project. Combining her skills as an advocate and a ruthlessly doting sister, she put her heart and soul in seeing this book through. However, I must note that I am indebted to Poonam for not missing a single of the innumerable sessions that went into the task, where she played the part of the much-needed sounding board. The former being my sister, thanking her is just not done, for in true Indian tradition it would amount to an insult. If I have succeeded in doing so even in a small measure, the credit goes to two people – my sister, Poonam Maria and a dear family friend, Kirti Samant Gupte. Iving an experience is easier than recreating it on paper years later for others to feel it. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
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