Don't tell the Governor by Ravi Subramanian

Don't tell the Governor by Ravi Subramanian; Published by HarperCollins; is an easy read, simple, engaging and interesting thriller set against the ongoing tumult in the relationship between the Reserve Bank of India and the Central government. The novel weaves through the world of power, politics and lobbying, glamour and corporate malfeasance, and presents, in thinly fictionalised form, several recent events that have hogged the headlines - demonetization, IPL and match fixing, terrorism and fake currency, the surgical strike against Pakistan, Indian public sector banks and their bad loans, Vijay Mallya and Mehul Choksi, to name a few.

Aditya Kesavan, an academician and a best selling authour of Indian origin in the US is suddenly asked to become the RBI governor by the PM himself, that throws him into a boiling pot of hardcore politics, money laundering and scams. On 8 November, when the clock strikes 12, your money will be no good. Somewhere on the India-Nepal Border, a car full of passengers swerves off a highway and plunges into a valley, its trunk full of cash. In the UK, a Bollywood starlet wins Big Survivor, the most popular reality TV show in the country. In Panama, Central America, a whistle-blower at a law firm brings down billionaires across the globe. Aditya Kesavan is dynamic, charismatic and ambitious. And he's been handed the reins of the RBI on a platter. His only job: to make sure he doesn't rock the boat. But, unknown to him, the wheels have begun to turn, as the country heads towards the biggest financial event in modern Indian history. And Governor Kesavan is about to carry out the most brazen act of his life - and, perhaps, his most foolish. Will he be able to pull himself out of the mess he has got into or will he have to surrender to the manipulative forces behind the scenes? Running desperately out of time, the Governor must set things right.

At times because of differences of opinion,it looks like there are two different agendas for the Governor of RBI and finance ministry. Development is Governments agenda, controlling inflation through tweaking of interest rate and monetary policy is RBI's, forgetting the common cause - Nation First.How do you get a big line look tiny? By drawing a much bigger line next to it.

Waiting to read other books from Ravi Subramanian.