The People Behind The Scenes

Who Are These People? by Leena Nandan, IAS officer and secretary in the environment ministry, is a thriller set in the backdrop of terror activities, garnished with stories of civil servants and their lives

- Leena Nandan

A civil servant's job is not easy. Who Are These People? by Leena Nandan, a 1987 batch IAS officer and secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, gives a peek into the lives of civil servants in the country in the backdrop of India's war against terror.

The book, a fiction, unfolds with the confusion and rage that prevails after the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai before shifting focus to planning of terrorist activities. Elsewhere, civil servants of the 2011 batch have gathered at their alma mater, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, for a reunion 10 years after leaving the institute. Independently and together, the sub-plots make for an action-packed thriller. There is a sinister plan to attack the nation. Alongside, there are stories of romance, sacrifices, action and monotony.