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| mission r&aw: Mission R&AW R.K. Yadav, 2025-06-03 <p>यह केवल एक पुस्तक नहीं है, बल्कि भारत की खुफिया दुनिया की वह खिड़की है, जो अब तक आम लोगों के लिए बंद थी। भारतीय खुफिया एजेंसियों, खासकर IB और रॉ (R&AW) को लेकर न सिर्फ आम जनता, बल्कि मीडिया, सुरक्षा विश्लेषकों और सैन्य अधिकारियों के बीच भी कई तरह की गलतफहमियाँ थीं। लेकिन यह पुस्तक उन तमाम परतों को एक-एक कर खोलती है, वह भी सरल, सटीक और बेधड़क अंदाज में। खासकर उस नई पीढ़ी के लिए, जो बिना लाग-लपेट के भारत की सुरक्षा प्रणाली को समझना चाहती है। </p><p>पुस्तक की शुरुआत वहीं से होती है, जहाँ से भारत की खुफिया कहानी का आरंभ हुआ-वर्ष 1904 में, जब अंग्रेजों ने 'ठगी और डकैती' विभाग बनाया। और फिर कैसे यही विभाग समय के साथ विकसित होकर R&AW यानी रिसर्च एंड एनालिसिस विंग बना। </p><p>इस एजेंसी के संस्थापक आर.एन. काव जासूसी में उस स्तर के महारथी थे, जिन्होंने सिक्किम के 3000 वर्ग मील को भारत में मिलाकर CIA के रिचर्ड हेल्प्स, ब्रिटेन के M16 या इजरायल के मोसाद को भी पीछे छोड़ दिया था। काव ने असंभव को संभव बना दिया, जब उन्होंने सीमा पर चीनी आक्रमण के मँडराते खतरे के बीच इस काम को पूरा किया, जिसकी मिसाल दुनिया में आज भी नहीं है। </p><p>भारतीय खुफिया एजेंसी (R&AW) के विषय में एक संपूर्ण पुस्तक, जो अनेक भ्रम और भ्रांतियों को दूर कर हर भारतीय के मन में सुरक्षा तंत्र को लेकर आश्वस्ति का भाव जाग्रत् करेगी।</p> |
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| mission r&aw: Nuclear Bomb In Ganga RK Yadav, 2023-01-10 The name of this book, ‘Nuclear Bomb in Ganga’ sounds fearsome. But, it is a hard fact which has to be brought in black and white for the safety of millions of Indians who consider the river ‘Sacred Ganga’ or ‘the Ganges’ as their mother. After China detonated its first nuclear test on May, 1964 at Lop Nor, the USA was keen to keep track of further nuclear designs of Communist China in this region. The CIA teamed up with the Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB) to install a Nuclear Device on Nanda Devi Mountain to monitor further detonations by China in Lop Nor, across the Himalayas. Inclement weather during the installation mission forced the team involved in the expedition to hide the nuclear-powered device in a ledge around 2000 feet below the installation point of the Nanda Devi Mountain. When the recovery team of Indian climbers was sent in October 1966 to retrieve the equipment, they found it missing in the glaciers due to avalanches. The CIA and Indian Intelligence maintained an eerie silence about the missing device until it was exposed by an American magazine on 12 April 1978. The then Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai, briefed the Parliament on 17 April 1978, about the missing device and appointed a committee of scientists to investigate this issue. |
| mission r&aw: The War that Made R&AW Anusha Nandakumar, Sandeep Sanket, 2021 |
| mission r&aw: The Spy Chronicles A.S. Dulat, Asad Durrani, Aditya Sinha, 2018-05-21 Pointing 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. |
| mission r&aw: ZERO COST MISSION/THE WILY AGENT. Amar Bhushan, 2018 |
| mission r&aw: The Kaoboys of R&AW B. Raman, 2007 Memoirs of the author, former Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. |
| mission r&aw: India's External Intelligence V. K. Singh, 2007 2The Present Book Is The First Account By A Person Who Has Actually Served In Raw At A Senior Level. Though Not An Insider, He Was Part Of The Organisation For A Little Less Than Four Years And Was Able To See Its Functioning From Close Quarters. Since He Was Concerned With Signal Intelligence Rather Than Human Intelligence Operations, Most Of The Coverage Is Devoted To The Former. The Book Brings To Light Several Lacunae In The Functioning Of The Country'S Top Intelligence Agency, The Most Glaring Being The Anomalies In Procurement Of Equipment, Lack Of Accountability And Our Dependence On Foreign Sources, With The Resultant Threat To National Security. Some Of The Hitherto Untold Stories Recounted In The Book Are: -1. How Equipment Was Purchased From Foreign Companies At Prices That Were More Ten Times The Market Price By Altering Technical Parameters. 2. How The Security Of The Prime Minister Was Almost Compromised For A Few Pieces Of Silver.3. The Circumstances Leading To The Death Of One Of Raw'S Brightest Officers, Vipin Handa. 4. The Stories Of Moles In The Country'S Top Intelligence Agencies, Including That Of Rabinder Singh. 5. The Bitter Rivalry Between Raw And Ib, And Its Effects.The Modus Operandi Of Foreign Intelligence Agencies In Recruiting Moles In India. |
| mission r&aw: An Indian Spy in Pakistan Mohanlal Bhaskar, 2003 Khushwant Singh wrote in the preface to the hardbound edition published in 1990 of this true account of Mohanlal Bhaskar’s mission to find out about Pakistan’s nuclear plans: ‘He was betrayed by one of his colleagues, presumbly a double agent, and had to face the music on his own. The interrogation, which was done by the army and police, included torture of the worst kind imaginable. Many of his comrades went insane or ended their own lives. Large portions of his stories describe the methods used in gory and spine-chilling detail but there were also lighter moments with dacoits, prostitutes, pimps and dope smugglers in the same jails....’ He witnessed history unfolding from Mianwali jail: ‘... when Sheikh Mujibur Rehman was brought there, and had his grave dug and then refilled when Bhutto released him to return in truimph to Bangladesh. From his cell he watched Indian bombers and fighters knock out Pakistan’s airforce from the skies...’ |
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| mission r&aw: R.N. Kao Nitin Anant Gokhale, 2019 |
| mission r&aw: Mission Raw: India’S Secret Services Unraveled R. K. Yadav Former R&AW Officer, 2024-02-02 Prepare to delve into the clandestine world of India's intelligence with *Mission RAW: India’s Secret Services Unraveled* by *R. K. Yadav*, a former R&AW officer. This groundbreaking book provides an eye-opening account of the Indian intelligence agencies, including the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB). In a rare and candid narrative, Yadav reveals both the triumphs and failures of India’s secret services, shedding light on the myths and realities that have shaped the country's intelligence operations. Drawing from his extensive experience and insider knowledge, Yadav offers a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of India's intelligence agencies. The book traces the origins of the R&AW back to the British creation of the Thuggi and Dacoity Department in 1904, which later transformed into the legendary R&AW under the leadership of R.N. Kao, a figure unparalleled in the global intelligence community. Yadav uncovers how Kao's strategic brilliance surpassed even the likes of CIA’s Richard Helms, MI6 of Britain, and Mossad of Israel. One of the standout narratives in this book is R. N. Kao’s pivotal role in merging the region of Sikkim into India, under the looming threat of China, showcasing the audacity and foresight of India's intelligence operations. The book also dives into Kao’s remarkable contributions during the liberation of Bangladesh, a monumental chapter in the history of Indian intelligence. Yadav’s revelations further include the historical context of Article 370, its controversial enactment due to Sheikh Abdullah’s political ego, and other significant events that shaped India's national security. Mission RAW is not just an intelligence history—it’s an enthralling account of courage, strategy, and geopolitics, offering unparalleled insights into India's secret services, their operations, and the individuals who have made these agencies a force to be reckoned with. |
| mission r&aw: Escape to Nowhere Amar Bhushan, 2012 A whistleblower nervously drops in to share his suspicion about a senior colleague's involvement in espionage with Jeevnathan, head of the security division of the Agency, India's External Intelligence Service. An inquiry is promptly launched and Ravi, the suspect is placed under an elaborate regime of surveillance. The investigation subsequently throws up a huge amount of evidence, showing the suspect stealing sensitive data. As panic sets in, investigators acrimoniously debate whether to allow the suspect to walk free or physically force him to own up his crime. For Jeevnathan, the problem also is how to keep the tiring watchers going and persuade on edgy Chief to stay on course. Loosely inspired bya true incident that took place in 2004 when a senior intelligence officer suspected of being a spy for cecades vanished. |
| mission r&aw: Intelligence Tradecraft Maloy Krishna Dhar, 2011 |
| mission r&aw: Mossad Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal, 2012-11-06 This book tells what should have been known and isn't—that Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength. — Israeli President Shimon Peres For decades, Israel's renowned security arm, the Mossad, has been widely recognized as the best intelligence service in the world. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's 60-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible true stories brimming with high-octane action—from the breathtaking capture of Nazi executioner Adolph Eichmann to the recent elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists. Anyone who is fascinated by the world of international espionage, intelligence, and covert Black-Ops warfare will find Mossad electrifying reading. Mossad unveils the defining and most dangerous operations, unknown heroes, and mysterious agents of the world's most respected—and most enigmatic—intelligence service. Here are the thrilling stories of daring top secret missions, including the capture of Adolf Eichmann, the eradication of Black September, the destruction of the Syrian nuclear facility, and the elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists. Drawn from intensive research and exclusive interviews with Israeli leaders and Mossad operatives, this riveting history brings to life the brave agents, deadly villains, and major battlegrounds that have shaped Israel and the world at large for more than sixty years. |
| mission r&aw: Faith, Unity, Discipline Hein Kiessling, 2016-11-15 Established in the wake of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-8 by the Australian army officer Major-General Walter Cawthorne, then Deputy Chief of Staff in the Pakistan Army, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for years remained an under-developed and obscure agency. In 1979, the organisation's growing importance was felt during the Soviet war in Afghanistan , as it worked hand in glove with the CIA to support the mujahideen resistance, but its activities received little coverage in news media. Since that time, the ISI has projected its influence across the region — in 1988 its involvement in Indian Kashmir came under increasing scrutiny, and by 1995 its mentoring of what became the Afghan Taliban was well attested. But it was the organisation's alleged links with Al Qaeda and the discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, at the heart of Pakistan's military zone, that really threw it under the spotlight. These controversies and many more have dogged the ISI, including its role in Pakistan's testing of a nuclear weapon in 1998 and its links with A.Q. Khan. Offering fresh insights into the ISI as a domestic and international actor based on intimate knowledge of its inner workings and key individuals, this startlingly original book uncovers the hitherto shady world of Pakistan's secret service. |
| mission r&aw: The Ultimate Goal Vikram Sood, 2022-01-18 In The Ultimate Goal, Vikram Sood, former chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), explains 'the narrative' and how a country's ability to construct, sustain and control narratives, at home and abroad, enhances its strength and position. Intelligence agencies invariably play a critical role in this, an often-indispensable tool of statecraft. A 'narrative' may not necessarily be based on truth, but it does need to be plausible, have a meaning and create a desired perception. During most of the twentieth century, intelligence agencies helped shape narratives favourable to their countries' agendas through literature, history, drama, art, music and cinema. Today, social media has become crucial to manipulating, countering or disrupting narratives, with its ability to spread fake news disinformation, and provoke reactions. |
| mission r&aw: Mission Maloy Krishna Dhar, 2004-01-01 MISSION: PAKISTAN is not just another spy thriller. Written by someone with over three decades of experience in counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism, it offers unprecedented insights into this shadowy world as it relates to the Indian subcontinent. At the same time, it is the story of tender and cruel social and geopolitical values that have been woven around the life and times of an Indian intelligence agent. Based loosely on real historical events and people, Mission: Pakistan takes the reader back to the tumultuous decade from the mid sixties to the early seventies, when India and Pakistan fought two wars within six years. Mission: Pakistan brings to focus not only the nature of this largely unseen intelligence war that takes place in the shadows but also the impact the underlying fault lines and internal security gangrene have on those affected. |
| mission r&aw: Familiar Strangers Samah, 2018 What if your husband's ex-girlfriend makes a sudden comeback into your lives? Priya and Chirag are like several other modern couples, living life at breakneck speed, unknowingly stuck in the rut of a marriage that is obviously dying, if not already dead. But things start to change when Priya's position in Chirag's life is threatened by his past-his ex-girlfriend, who returns when they least expect it. A third person's entry into their marriage awakens emotions that have been dormant for too long. But is it too late? Is the damage beyond repair? |
| mission r&aw: Let Bhutto Eat Grass Shaunak Agarkhedkar, 2017-08-09 A gritty and realistic read in the tradition of le Carr� & Greene. A Pakistani spy may be stealing nuclear weapons technology from Europe. Captain Sablok was a sapper in the Indian Army until he was injured during a covert mission in 1971. Desk-bound and working as an intelligence analyst for R&AW, after two years of filing meaningless reports he may just have stumbled upon a Pakistani spy. The year is 1974. India tested a nuke just months earlier, and Pakistan is desperate to acquire one. Unfortunately for Bhutto, Pakistan's Prime Minister, his scientists are nowhere close to building a nuclear weapon. Sablok is convinced that the Pakistani agent is passing sensitive weapons technology to Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, but his evidence is weak. His inexperience in intelligence and his reputation for alcoholism conspire against him, and his Section Chief declines to authorise an operation. But Sablok has finally found a sense of purpose after two miserable years, and he will not give up without a fight. The only other person he trusts in R&AW is a washed-up Case Officer who was an outstanding field agent once. Sablok convinces him, but can the two of them convince their superiors before the ISI gets all the technology it needs? Thus begins a gritty and riveting chapter in the history of Indian espionage as Sablok and his team race against time to stop the ISI. Readers are raving about Let Bhutto Eat Grass A gritty and realistic read in the tradition of [John] le Carr� & [Graham] Greene (via Amazon.in) Beautiful intrigue: The level of detail is impressive and the dysfunctional nature of espionage is well covered. I am looking forward to the sequel in the hope that some of the main characters survive. (via Amazon.ca) Fast, riveting behind the scenes look at intelligence: This book takes a stab at the Indo - Pak nuclear development in the 70s and builds a story around it. The characters in the story are well developed and leave an impression on you. The story is fast paced, riveting and has plenty of details. (via Amazon.com) Gripping and exciting: The research put in by the author is clearly visible in the meticulous details in every aspect going as far as mentioning the tenderness of the seekh kebabs to the smokeyness of the single malt (via Amazon.in) Had to keep reminding myself that this is fiction, so seamless was the narrative. The novel has drama, emotion and suspense all brought together by expert word play. It was refreshing to read a take on Indian Intelligence agencies. (via Amazon.in) Agarkhedkar liable to be put under surveillance by our intelligence agencies.: The characterization of army veterans in rehabilitative appointments, reticent bureaucrats and defense scientists is authentic. The style captures each atmosphere vividly, whether it is a lonely walk on a chilly night in The Netherlands, or the patience and ennui involved in espionage activities. The whole narrative is interspersed with subtle humor. The author's skills are reminiscent of Frederick Forsyth and John Le Carre. (via Amazon.in) |
| mission r&aw: Intelligence Mark M. Lowenthal, 2019-10-15 Winner of the 2020 McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) [The text is] one of the most useful, one-volume, introductory works on intelligence today. [Intelligence] does an excellent job of working through the intricacies of U.S. intelligence. —Richard J. Norton, United States Naval War College Mark M. Lowenthal’s trusted guide is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community’s history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. In the fully updated Eighth Edition of Intelligence, the author addresses cyber security and cyber intelligence throughout, expands the coverage of collection, comprehensively updates the chapters on nation-state issues and transnational issues, and looks at foreign intelligence services, both large and small. |
| mission r&aw: The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane B. Raman, 2007 |
| mission r&aw: Open Secrets: India S Intelligence Unveiled Maloy Krishna Dhar, 2005-12 Exposes the deplorable stories of blatant and brutal misuse of the India intelligence. |
| mission r&aw: Adrishya Epic Television Channel, 2017 Copyright: EPIC Television Network Private Limited. |
| mission r&aw: The Lessons of Mumbai Angel Rabasa, 2009 This study of the Mumbai, India, terrorist attack of November 2008 identifies the operational and tactical capabilities displayed by the terrorists and evaluates the response of the Indian security forces. The authors draw out the implications of the incident for India, Pakistan, and the international community and derive lessons learned from the attack and from the Indian response. Their goal is to develop findings that may help counterterrorism authorities in India and elsewhere to prepare for or counter future terrorist attacks on urban centers. --Provided by publisher. |
| mission r&aw: Know the Anti-Nationals RSN Singh, 2021-02-04 We live in an era of nation-states. Nationhood is predicated on shared sense of past and a common purpose of future. More than nation-state, India is a civilization, a complete civilization. To keep this civilization fresh and vibrant, winds from all directions are imperative for its nourishment. But, winds cannot be allowed to build into destructive storms, that threaten to uproot the civilization, the very basis of nationhood. Jihadism and Maoism are the two main destructive storms. Fueling these storms are India’s enemies as well as the forces of proselytization. They have to be crushed both at ideological and physical levels. We have been squeamish in dealing with the problems because of the misplaced notion that all ideologies are basically benign and beneficial, they are not. 73 years of our post-independence experience is testimony. This misplaced notion has caused at least a lakh lives in Kashmir alone, resulting in ethnic cleansing of Hindus from the Valley by the jihadists. Sardar Patel did crush the communist revolt in Telangana, but in the following years due to subversion of our political class, it grew into the ‘Red Corridor’, i.e. from Tirupati to Pashupati. These forces have to be vanquished to secure the internal or the third front. This book ‘Know the Anti-Nationals’ exposes these enemies within. |
| mission r&aw: Honour Among Spies Asad Durrani, 2020-10-12 In May 2018, a book was published that set off a perfect storm in the intelligence circles in the subcontinent, and made people in the spy community sit up around the world. What made The Spy Chronicles unusual was that two of its authors, A.S. Dulat and Asad Durrani, co-writing with journalist Aditya Sinha, had headed their respective spy agencies -- Dulat had been chief of India's RAW, and Lt Gen. Durrani of Pakistan's ISI. The fallout of the book would result in Lt Gen. Durrani being put on the exit control list and having his pension revoked.Honour Among Spies is a fictional account of a spy who is sent out into the cold, but one that reflects all too accurately the predicament of a distinguished officer fighting to protect his reputation. Woven into the novel is a throwback to another famous incident -- the raid on Osama bin Laden, about whose hideaway and the raid itself Lt Gen. Durrani had made some prescient comments. These and other elements come together in this taut battle of wits that takes forward, in a way, the narrative of The Spy Chronicles. |
| mission r&aw: Battles of the New Republic Prashant Jha, 2014-01-12 Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal is a story of Nepal's transformation from war to peace, monarchy to republic, a Hindu kingdom to a secular state, and a unitary to a potentially federal state. Part-reportage, part-history, part-analysis, part-memoir, and part-biography of the key characters, the book breaks new ground in political writing from the region. With access to the most powerful leaders in the country as well as diplomats, it gives an unprecedented glimpse into Kathmandu's high politics. But this is coupled with ground-level reportage on the lives of ordinary citizens of the hills and the plains, striving for a democratic, just and equitable society. It tracks the hard grind of political negotiations at the heart of the instability in Nepal. It traces the rise of a popular rebellion, its integration into the mainstream, and its steady decline. It investigates Nepal's status as a partly-sovereign country, and reveals India's overwhelming role. It examines the angst of having to prove one's loyalties to one's own country, and exposes the Hindu hill upper-caste dominated power structures. Battles of the New Republic is a story of the deepening of democracy, of the death of a dream, and of that fundamental political dilemma - who exercises power, to what end, and for whose benefit. |
| mission r&aw: India's Near East Avinash Paliwal, 2024-08-01 India’s near east encompasses Bangladesh, Myanmar and the Indian states of the ‘Northeast’—Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. Celebrated as a theatre of geo-economic connectivity typified by India’s ‘Act East’ policy, the region is key not only to India’s great-power rivalry with China, which first boiled over in the 1962 war, but to the idea(s) of India itself. It is also one of the most intricately partitioned lands anywhere on Earth. Rent by communal and class violence, the region has birthed extreme forms of religious and ethnic nationalisms and communist movements. The Indian state’s survival instinct and pursuit of regional hegemony have only accentuated such extremes. This book scripts a new history of India’s eastward-looking diplomacy and statecraft. Narrated against the backdrop of separatist resistance within India’s own northeastern states, as well as rivalry with Beijing and Islamabad in Yangon and Dhaka, it offers a simple but compelling argument. The aspirations of ‘Act East’ mask an uncomfortable truth: India privileges political stability over economic opportunity in this region. In his chronicle of a state’s struggle to overcome war, displacement and interventionism, Avinash Paliwal lays bare the limits of independent India’s influence in its near east. |
| mission r&aw: Music, Youth and International Links in Post-War British Fascism Ryan Shaffer, 2017-09-18 This book examines the domestic evolution and international connections of post-war fascists in the UK. It argues that post-war British fascism became transnational as the radicals increasingly exchanged ideas, money and culture with like-minded foreigners. Using interviews with key figures in several countries, this book traces the history of the National Front (NF) and British National Party (BNP), focusing on the political parties’ youth, music and international outreach. It explores how British fascism grew into an international movement, how fascist youth developed skinhead music as a conduit for their ideas, and how some of those key figures made international connections with people in Iraq, Libya, Syria and the United States. Moreover, it also draws from rare internal party documents, law enforcement records and membership lists to track foreign funding and the parties’ domestic electoral growth. For the first time, this book gained access to both the leadership and rank-and-file of the BNP and NF to explore its culture and international connections. In doing so, it shows the successes, failures and changes that have made British fascism a force in the international extremist subculture. |
| mission r&aw: Modi, Muslims, and Media Madhu Kishwar, 2014 |
| mission r&aw: An Assessment of the Aldrich H. Ames Espionage Case and Its Implications for U.S. Intelligence United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence, 1994 Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. |
| mission r&aw: Khushwant Singh Best Indian Short Stories Volume 1 Khushwant Singh, 2012-06-06 The Indian short story is extraordinary in its ability to stick to the traditional rules of the craft and still demonstrate remarkable originality. It revolves around a limited number of characters, confines itself in time and space, and has a well-plotted narrative that drives its central theme. Within the traditional framework, however, creativity flowers and a fresh and imaginative story emerges. This volume is chock-full with such stories, written by authors well known in their regional languages as well as those who have made a name for themselves in English literary circles. Carefully selected by India's literary giant, the late Khushwant Singh, these pieces represent the best of Indian writing from around the country. |
| mission r&aw: Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence Nigel West, 2015-05-21 Intelligence is now acknowledged as the hidden dimension to international diplomacy and national security. It is the hidden piece of the jigsaw puzzle of global relations that cements relationships, undermines alliances and topples tyrants, and after many decades of being deliberately overlooked or avoided, it is now regarded as a subject of legitimate study by academics and historians. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on espionage techniques, categories of agents, crucial operations spies, defectors, moles, double and triple agents, and the tradecraft they apply. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the international intelligence. |
| mission r&aw: The Occupied Clinic Saiba Varma, 2020-09-21 In The Occupied Clinic, Saiba Varma explores the psychological, ontological, and political entanglements between medicine and violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir—the world's most densely militarized place. Into a long history of occupations, insurgencies, suppressions, natural disasters, and a crisis of public health infrastructure come interventions in human distress, especially those of doctors and humanitarians, who struggle against an epidemic: more than sixty percent of the civilian population suffers from depression, anxiety, PTSD, or acute stress. Drawing on encounters between medical providers and patients in an array of settings, Varma reveals how colonization is embodied and how overlapping state practices of care and violence create disorienting worlds for doctors and patients alike. Varma shows how occupation creates worlds of disrupted meaning in which clinical life is connected to political disorder, subverting biomedical neutrality, ethics, and processes of care in profound ways. By highlighting the imbrications between humanitarianism and militarism and between care and violence, Varma theorizes care not as a redemptive practice, but as a fraught sphere of action that is never quite what it seems. |
| mission r&aw: India A "Spy" Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information, Intelligence, National Security IBP, Inc., 2017-11-30 India A Spy Guide - Strategic Information and Developments |
| mission r&aw: Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman, 2018-01-30 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of Israel’s targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world—from the man hailed by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter.” “An exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject . . . full of shocking moments, surprising disturbances in a narrative full of fateful twists and unintended consequences.”—The New York Times WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORY • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Economist, The New York Times Book Review, BBC History Magazine, Mother Jones The Talmud says: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel’s DNA. From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, protecting the nation from harm has been the responsibility of its intelligence community and armed services, and there is one weapon in their vast arsenal that they have relied upon to thwart the most serious threats: Targeted assassinations have been used countless times, on enemies large and small, sometimes in response to attacks against the Israeli people and sometimes preemptively. In this page-turning, eye-opening book, journalist and military analyst Ronen Bergman—praised by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter”—offers a riveting inside account of the targeted killing programs: their successes, their failures, and the moral and political price exacted on the men and women who approved and carried out the missions. Bergman has gained the exceedingly rare cooperation of many current and former members of the Israeli government, including Prime Ministers Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as high-level figures in the country’s military and intelligence services: the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), the Mossad (the world’s most feared intelligence agency), Caesarea (a “Mossad within the Mossad” that carries out attacks on the highest-value targets), and the Shin Bet (an internal security service that implemented the largest targeted assassination campaign ever, in order to stop what had once appeared to be unstoppable: suicide terrorism). Including never-before-reported, behind-the-curtain accounts of key operations, and based on hundreds of on-the-record interviews and thousands of files to which Bergman has gotten exclusive access over his decades of reporting, Rise and Kill First brings us deep into the heart of Israel’s most secret activities. Bergman traces, from statehood to the present, the gripping events and thorny ethical questions underlying Israel’s targeted killing campaign, which has shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world. |
| mission r&aw: My Enemy's Enemy Avinash Paliwal, 2017-10-15 The archetype of 'my enemy's enemy is my friend', India's political and economic presence in Afghanistan is often viewed as a Machiavellian ploy aimed against Pakistan. The first of its kind, this book interrogates that simplistic yet powerful geopolitical narrative and asks what truly drives India's Afghanistan policy. |
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Faith Mission is a Community Center purposed to serve our community in physical, emotional, and at the base of all activity their spiritual needs. The Mission is not a church but rather …
MISSION Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of MISSION is a specific task with which a person or a group is charged.
MISSION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
MISSION meaning: 1. an important job, especially a military one, that someone is sent somewhere to do: 2. any …
Mission - definition of mission by The Free Dictionary
A special assignment given to a person or group: an agent on a secret mission. b. A combat operation assigned to a person or military unit. c. An aerospace operation intended to carry out …
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