Author: Maloy Krishna Dhar
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Publisher: Manas Publications
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 552
ISBN/UPC (if available): 81-7049-240-8
Description
Open Secrets-India’s Intelligence Unveiled-is the story of an intelligence operator, who devoted nearly 30 years in the country’s prime intelligence agency, through memorable events, which often shaped the contours of Indian polity, made valuable additions to the internal, external policies of the nation and its security ambience in the neighbouring countries and the geopolitical sphere.
The book brings out, through narration of events and analysis of perspectives, the deplorable stories of blatant and brutal misuse of the Indian intelligence, security and investigative agencies by the ruling establishment. The operatives and officials are emasculated by politically tinged and often personalized demands of the politicians.
Intelligence agencies are often forced to serve the narrow interests of the ruling political parties and ensure survival of the leaders, who equate the existence of the nation with their continuity in power. The narratives have candidly unlocked certain well-guarded vaults with the avid intention of appealing to the discerning readers, scholars and opinion makers to bring pressure on the System for devising constitutional and legal tools to bestow more functional independence and to provide more teeth and armour to the intelligence, security and investigative agencies, both at the Union and in the States. At the same time it is essential to initiate measures to make these agencies accountable to the supreme constitutional institutions of India, for safeguarding democracy and upholding freedom and liberty.
Contents
SALUTATION
PROLOGUE
ABBREVIATION
The Action Begins
The First Test of Water
Getting into the Action
Tryst with Naksalbari
The Brave New World
To the Land of Jewel
Tale of the Shattered Jewel
Chitrangada Betrayed
The Parting Pangs
A People on the Cross
Amidst A Loveable People
Swimming with the People
Back to Shangri-La
Inside the Kalachakra (Wheel of Time)
People’s Victory: Defeat of the Jokers
Back to the Rampart
In the Frying Pan
Grilled in Open Fire
A Fall Guy Amidst Fall Colours
Back to the Brink of Fault Lines
Inside Blazing Punjab
Facing the First Love
The Brittle Messiah
Punjab Revisited
Fleeting Return to the Pre-Historic State (Prag-Jyotish-Pura)
Back to the Firing Line
Back to My Love
In Search of the Kernel
Deep Inside the Fault Lines
A Chapter of National Shame
Terror Strikes Back
The Rider of Dream
The Empire Strikes Back
The Grounded Rocket
EPILOGUE