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It will not be wrong to say that I was hypnotized by his [Netaji’s] personality and his speeches. He placed the true picture of India before us and for the first time in my life I saw India, through the eyes of an Indian.’

“I.N.A. & Its Netaji by the late Shah Nawaz Khan is a valuable first-hand account by a commissioned officer of the Indian Army, who joined Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army to fight for India’s freedom. His insider’s impressions have been source material for several historians. In 1945-46, he became famous after being accused of treason in a court martial by the British, found

‘This is a straight-from-the-heart, aimed-at-your-balls unputdownable page-turner about India’s Internet story.’

‘Kashyap has written an insider’s account of how the Indian startup ecosystem has transformed in the past decade, something that’s not been chronicled by anyone so far.’

‘As with his companies, Kashyap took his gloves off and picked up a pen. Written from the heart, not for the faint-hearted.’

‘The best histories combine first-person narrative and access to the key players. Kashyap Deorah is the Herodotus of the Indian start-up scene.’

‘Very few tech entrepreneurs have the depth of experience from both Silicon Valley and India, and none who can pen it down like Kashyap.’

‘A passionate book that demystifies the coming of age of digital India.’

‘The Golden Tap significantly bridges the perception vs reality gap in the Indian technology start-up ecosystem.’

‘Sunil Gupta was a jailer with a soul – and a degree. Not many of those in Tihar Jail. Doubleagents, murderers and psychopaths, hitmen, terrorists and even the innocent, he walked them to the gallows. Black Warrant is his raucous memoir and a scandalous recollection of three decades of high crimes and misdemeanours. It is also a searing critique of a broken system.’