Book review: Subrata K. Mitra, Governance by Stealth: The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Making of the Indian State Posted on 16 June 2023 by Shivani Kapoor Studies in Indian Politics, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 152-153, June 2023. Subrata K. Mitra, Governance by Stealth: The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Making of the Indian State. Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2021. 481 pages. ₹476.