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028			_aGifted by(Anubha Bali)
082			_a327 DUL
100			_aDulat,A.S.
245			_aThe spy chronicles _b:RAW, ISI and the Illusion of peace _c/A.S.Dulat
260			_aNoida _b:HarperCollins _c,2018
300			_axxii,319p. _c;24cm
520			_aPointing to the horizon where the sea and sky are joined, he says, ‘It is only an illusion because they can’t really meet, but isn’t it beautiful, this union which isn’t really there.’ – SAADAT HASAN MANTO Sometime in 2016, a series of dialogues took place which set out to find a meeting ground, even if only an illusion, between A.S. Dulat and Asad Durrani. One was a former chief of RAW, India’s external intelligence agency, the other of ISI, its Pakistani counterpart. As they could not meet in their home countries, the conversations, guided by journalist Aditya Sinha, took place in cities like Istanbul, Bangkok and Kathmandu. On the table were subjects that have long haunted South Asia, flashpoints that take lives regularly. It was in all ways a deep dive into the politics of the subcontinent, as seen through the eyes of two spymasters. Among the subjects: Kashmir, and a missed opportunity for peace; Hafiz Saeed and 26/11; Kulbhushan Jadhav; surgical strikes; the deal for Osama bin Laden; how the US and Russia feature in the India-Pakistan relationship; and how terror undermines the two countries’ attempts at talks. When the project was first mooted, General Durrani laughed and said nobody would believe it even if it was written as fiction. At a time of fraught relations, this unlikely dialogue between two former spy chiefs from opposite sides-a project that is the first of its kind-may well provide some answers. https://harpercollins.co.in/book/the-spy-chronicles.
650			_aInternation relations.
655			_aInter-Service Intelligence (ISI) _bResearch and Analysis Wing (RAW)
700			_aDurrani,Asad
700			_aSinha,Aditya
942			_cBOOK
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