Bhopal: Former Intelligence Bureau special director Yashovardhan Azad’s book Policing the Republic, an insider’s account of India’s policing and intelligence apparatus, national security challenges and democratic institutions, will be launched in New Delhi on September 4. In Policing the Republic, Azad delivers a powerful and unflinching examination of Indian policing, corruption, criminalisation of politics, terrorism, insurgency, intelligence operations, governance and national security. More than a memoir, this thought-provoking book is a compelling analysis of the structural challenges facing modern India. Meanwhile, the book’ foreword has been written by M. K. Narayanan, the former National Security Advisor of India. He was the national security coordinator for the visits of high-risk dignitaries such as US President Bill Clinton, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Pope to India.