Comments on: India-Its Spy-Masters and Spies

By: Yagnaroopaya

Yagnaroopaya — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:13:51 +0000

I just feel like commenting Good stuff!

By: Bharat Hitachintak

Bharat Hitachintak — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:05:14 +0000

Very interesting and illuminating article. I had read the articles “Lucci and Her Hypnotized Cobras” on http://www.swaveda.com. There are descriptions of at least two spies who came to India in the early 1960′s in that factual short story. Meeting a spy after she has finished her tour of duty is an interesting episode described in that article. It appears the rule of the game is “forget, forget, forget and show no acknowledgment of past contacts.” That is what Lucci did. Is there an official program like the witness protection program for the retired or ex-spies to change their identity and reintegrate them in a far away unidentifiable community with a new identity with “new past” programmed into their memory banks to keep them from accidentally revealing themselves to someone who should not be privy to their past? Is that not a heavy burden on the governement financially or are the ex-spies offered another productive job to earn their keep? I know in one case the late Prime Minister Indiraji Gandhi personally visited the slain spy’s mother after he was killed by the Pakistanis in London. I do not know if the Govrnement of India provided the bereaved mother any substantial relief. I hope it did. I will appreciate your comments. – Bharata Hitachintaka

By: Namita Srawan

Namita Srawan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:01:48 +0000

Dear Mr. Dhar,
You may not know me. My father worked with you somewhere in the northeast. He knew you a man of contradiction-extremely kind and severely ruthless in your anti-insurgency and spy operations. I read your two books, which are informative and tender-literary in nature. How do you manage to pack all the contradictions in you? We pay our homage to your late wife, about whom papa speaks in glowing terms.
Namita.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:46:27 +0000

This was a very interesting article where you have expalined in depth on how our country as this amateurish stand towards protecting its security interests. How can India stand-up to counter threats like China (bigger) or Bangladesh (smaller) or other internal ones ? True that Espionage is one of the areas that dont’ have any written laws.

I read this book “By Way Of Deception: The Making And Unmaking Of A Mossad Officer – by Victor Ostrovsky “. Its interesting to see how these guys works and their reach beyound continents. Can our Ram Rajya protect it self and its citizens with a similar agenecy of that caliber ? Can a few tough gentlemen lead the way to making something like the DHS in the US, or framing something like the US Patriot Act or start tapping each and every conversation that goes on in Pakistan or Bangladesh, analyze the same and see if that means a threat to us or not. I think we should learn from examples like Israel or for that matter US, based on what they are doing in the middle-east/Afghanistan. It needs to be conceived as another way of self-protection.

By: sarita

sarita — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:42:23 +0000

are there any female spies around here?
Sir, can u tell us a real story where a female spy was captured by the enemy and then brutally raped till she spoke up?

By: Amol

Amol — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:09:03 +0000

Even today the media is not accepting that they are partly responsible for defeat in IC814 Hijacking case.

They are behaving like bunch of idiots or businessmen… I wud like to refer to their character like the bad guy -media mogul portryaed in James bond movie… Tommorrow Never Dies, who makes money out of disaster and death of people.

This article is a tight slap on the self confessed keepers of democracy.

They are so arrogant that they even commented on the decisions of the Honourable High Court and Supreme Court. I dont know wht. is next.

By: Maloy Krishna Dhar

Maloy Krishna Dhar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:43:16 +0000

This is for Sarabjit. No country in the world has a law for spies. It is a wrong expectation. No country admits the fact of spying. It is a different game. Blame me but I am unable to attend to humanitarian concerns as a professionsl. As a human I have sympathies for them.

By: Sarabjit

Sarabjit — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:15:55 +0000

Dhar is unkind to agents. Having run so many soies he should suggest some laws to improve their conditions. They also serve the country. There should be a law for them. Can Dhar reply to me?

By: Abhishek Sharan

Abhishek Sharan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:49:25 +0000

I got the point, Sir. I agree: the rules of inter-state warfare through espionage are guided exclusively by the larger strategic/tactical imperatives. Thanks for responding.

By: Aupam

Aupam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:02:40 +0000

I am fascinated by the article. Feel a little more proud as an Indian. Wish our leaders of espionage business write more and keep the people abreast with the ground situation. People are ignorant and do not know that patriotism calls for sacrifice and blood shedding.