Some blunt truths from a top cop

Manoje Nath, IPS officer from 1973 Bihar batch, pens Tales from Banana Republic, a collection of 10 stories linked by the common theme of fatuity & corruption of power. Book is witty & profound, delves into how elite compromise ideals for selfish ends & how society recalibrates its stance. Nath served as exemplar of fairness, applying law without fear or favour. Transfers & proceedings did not deter him. He is eager to write but overwhelmed by terror of what reader wants.

Manoje Nath, an IPS officer from the 1973 Bihar batch, has penned a collection of 10 stories in Tales from Banana Republic that are linked by the common theme of fatuity and corruption of power and, casts an amused look at those who wield it.

The book, both witty and profound, delves into how the elite can easily compromise their ideals for selfish ends and how society constantly recalibrates its stance. Known as an officer who served as an exemplar of fairness by applying the law without fear or favour, Nath took whatever came his way on his chin. Frequent transfers and disciplinary proceedings did not deter him.

“I have been eager to get to this stage where I could write about it, but I am also overwhelmed by a growing sense of terror because one can never be sure of what the reader wants,” he says during an interview in Delhi. 

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