Defining Moments - A Memoir

Author: Rajendra ShekharPublisher: RupaYear: 2007Language: EnglishPages: 263ISBN/UPC (if available): 8129112019 DescriptionIn this engaging memoir, Rajendra Shekhar, former Director of the CDI, strings together his personal experiences with professional incidents that shaped his life. Replete with poignant episodes, Defining Moments takes us with the author on the interesting voyage that has been his life, from Mayo College to St Stephen’s, from the State Police to the CBI.Serving as a young SP in a district in Rajasthan, he was exposed to episodes as varied as communal riots and duplicitous sadhus. Rajendra Shekhar was Joint Director CBI, when the dreaded KCF terrorist ‘Jinda’, who had earned notoriety in the murder of Gen. Vaidya was apprehended.Other than his professional life, Rajendra Shekhar has peppered the book with endearing characters that flit through the pages, perpetrating will-meaning indiscretions: from Mansukha to Masoom Alito Matron Rennie Tubbs, and, of course, “Amma”