Memoir of Power, Poise & Poetry

Retired IPS officer OP Singh has masterfully documented his sense of duty, devotion, and deep insights into a gripping memoir—Through My Eyes—of policing, politics, poetry, and spiritual encounters, etched across the pulse of India's heartland and its powerful institutions

- Shantanu Mukharji

P Singh, a retired IPS officer with a long and illustrious career, has held the most coveted charges as the Director General of Police (DGP) of the most populous and complex state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Director General of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and the most crucial security outfit, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Very few IPS officers are so privileged to hold these key positions and do justice to these challenging assignments.

"Through My Eyes..." is the second book by OP Singh in a single calendar year, the first being "Crime, Grime and Gumption." I was privileged to review the first one—perhaps the first to do so—and equally lucky to review the second one now, in the columns of the same newspaper.

The book under review runs into 216 pages and is published by Prabhat Prakashan, costing a meagre ₹600. The book has multiple interesting and gripping anecdotes that can hardly be ignored. These include childhood recollections from the author's native place Gaya (Bihar), policing in UP, interactions with politicians, redressal of complex cases, etc. Such a variety of medleys makes the book so absorbing that the reader wants to finish it in one go—say, while travelling by air from one place to another or taking an overnight train. It provides a very entertaining read.