Gentleman Spymaster, a book worth reading if you want to know the roots of one of the most successful & great Indian Spy Organisation, The R&AW & it’s founding father the revered Rameshwar Nath Kao (‘Ramji’ as called by his kins).
Book Starts with a foreword by NSA Sir Ajit Doval, which itself gives a sense of it’s worthiness to the reader.
The Book takes us to an era of many ups and downs in Indian politics & the time when many new and old things were changing when India was in a transition period from being dependent to becoming independent.
It describes how R&AW was formed & how R N Kao , the founding father was & how he accomplished and planned his missions, thus contributing in shaping India's Future.
From the covert operations for Bangladesh freedom to the investigations on “The Kashmir Princess” crash and to the Sikkim merger; the book takes us & literally opens up many pages of facts & details which are more or less unknown till date to common people.
With the highlights on the Major roles played by Politicians like Indira Gandhi, Nehru & Morarji Desai & the Tasks & Risky operations carried out by the Famous “Kao Boys” with their actual personas revealed no more covert to the common man; the Book is a perfect blend of Biography, History, Spy chronicle and memoir written in a mixed style of Novel & non- fiction that keeps us engrossed in its world.
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