Ajay Chaudhry, IPS, joined the Indian Police Service in 1996 and is presently Special Commissioner of Police (Vigilance), Delhi Police. A strong advocate of people-centric policing, peace and communal harmony, he has served in several sensitive assignments in Delhi and Arunachal Pradesh, where his innovative community initiatives helped build trust between the police and the public. A passionate literary figure, he has translated Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms into Hindi. His debut English novel, Son of Ganga, is under publication.