In this book, Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah explains the intriguing title of The Sarkari Mussalman (government stooge), which those in government service are often accused of being when they ‘go by the rules’. Besides covering the span of his life of the past 70 years, including being part of the operations at Longewala (Jaisalmer Sector) in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, the author also details how he led the Army Division that quelled the riots in Gujarat in 2002, in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning.