In 2001, a sting operation and an undercover news story exposed the bribery and corruption prevalent in the Army and the then Indian government.

Trehan talks about a "ray of hope", she asks whether (it) will actually "bring about a change in this highly cynical, jaded, Machiavellian society.

[5] The Hindustan Times said, "Madhu Trehan delved into the old story of Tehelka and came up with a new tale of contemporary India.

Columnist, Tavleen Singh, wrote, "Trehan has used Tehelka as the prism of corruption and shown a justice system unable to deal with it."

Elle said, "The book lurches with equal comfort between Kurosawa, Virginia Woolf and The Matrix in its frame of reference, and continually finds itself asking perhaps unanswerably large questions about integrity and the nature of truth."