A compelling and a necessary read to understand the nuances of India- Pakistan relations better, and more importantly to understand the Kashmir problem in a more dispassionate way. The book ends with a question that Mohammad Hamid Ansari asked,"yeh deewangi kab khatam hogi" and it is this powerful question that the book leaves its readers with.

My only grouse with the book has been contextualisation of the discussions. References made by both Dulat and Durrani to various people or events are assumed to be known to all the readers however that may not be the case. I would have hoped for a richer text in between discussions to truly enable the reader's understanding of the situation.