The book offers a clear depiction of India of the present day, studying what unity means to India and how it has worked. Beginning with the moment of freedom from British rule, the book examines India's decisions along the way, decisions which affected the nation from within. In these pages one finds the account of Indira Gandhi's assassination, the effects of the Partition and Operation Blue Star. The book puts forth the author's views that threats to India are within, and only from the inside can we counter them.