Policing For The New Age is a collection of articles that analyses the status quo of Indian policing in the nineties, in the light of the changes that can be reasonably expected to occur as we approach the twenty-first century. An organised, efficient police force, beholden to none and committed only to the preservation of law and order and the well being of the society it serves is a necessary concomitant to the smooth functioning of the civilized order. Reality presents quite another picture altogether.

What has gone wrong and more importantly what can be done to bring about a change in the status quo is the book's theme, the leitmotif that runs through its articles. At once hard-hitting and scholarly as they are, they reveal both the anguish and the unquenchable hope of a man devoted to his calling and articulate his conviction of the positive role it can and must play in the life of our country.

As far as Karnataka police is concerned, in spite of misdeeds of notorious scoundrels like R.S.Chopra, A.R.Nizamuddin and degenerates of the similar ilk, situation is better there than some of the more notorious state police organizations of India. The core weakness in Karnataka police lies in sweepingly conforming to the putrid system and bad culture against conscience to cover own tracks. It is mere cowardice of mediocrity and gross selfish interests of ignobility and nothing more. Yet, no way can Karnataka police be called as an efficient, healthy and responsible bureaucratic setup yet.

Faithful assessment must precede reconstruction. This volume is an effort in this direction. Complacency leads to stagnation and is a dangerous indulgence in a rotten situation like India’s. This volume is intended to breach the vicious indulgence involved and inspire India to its rich potentialities on the way to much dreamed of world leadership.

India is a civilization of diversities and a culture of contradictions. India’s is an inclusive way of life. Along its long history, it saw umpteen falls and rises without losing its innate vitality and always rose from worst quagmires unscathed. This resilience of India underscores its unique heritage spawned by its thoughts and philosophies that perhaps are nearest to the true nature of the universe that the scientific world of today is engaged in to probe, discover and formulate as the Grand Unification Theory (GUT). This is the secret of the eternal strength of India.

This volume was written and published in 1992 and bear now mostly archive value. Yet, it can not be gainsaid that most of the contentions, observations and issues raised here are very relevant even to this day. This only reflects how and how much governance of free India is free to care how less its hapless people.