Spy thrillers are always great to read and watch as they are fictional. However, real life world of spies is different and it is said, very lonely. Former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) Amarjit Singh Dulat (A.S. Dulat), was in Mysuru recently to participate in the Second Mysuru Literature Festival where his two books ‘Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years’ and ‘The Spy Chronicles’ were discussed during the session ‘Where the mind is without fear.’ Star of Mysore Features Editor N. Niranjan Nikam caught up with 78-year-old Dulat, and in a frank, open tête-à-tête, he spoke about his stint in Intelligence Bureau, as R&AW Chief, his role in Kashmir and the reasons for writing books when most other bureaucrats prefer not to tread this path. Excerpts.—Editor
By N. Niranjan Nikam
