Book Review: Dangerous Minds by Hussain Zaidi, Brijesh Singh

I stayed away from Dangerous Minds for some time, even though I am a sucker for Zaidi's writing. The last Zaidi book that he had co-authored had been the tremendously useless Mumbai Avengers which had also led to a far more useless movie. The co-authoring worried me. Was Zaidi becoming one of those Indian writers who write one good book and then are happy to 'ghost-write' or get paid for lending their name to forewords? - I wondered.

Thankfully, Zaidi is in control of Dangerous Minds, even though he is far from his best. The pacing is uneven at times and at times, the narrative isn't very clear. But Zaidi does what he does best - become a fly on the wall this time for men with a corrupted version of Islam, ranging from history-sheeters to ISIL volunteers.

Even with its flaws, a good one-time read.