In episode 683 of 'Cut the Clutter', Shekhar Gupta narrates a story from the messy world of spying in the Himalayas, one which entails espionage during the Cold War.
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If the reason behind the flood or landslide in Uttarakhand is due to the failed operation in 1980s then it raises a concern on defence related decisions taken by any party for that matter. Actions or failures of today sometimes doesn’t affect us immediately but at a very later point in time. It might be a point in time where none of the person responsible for the actions would not be even Alive. Politicians of today should be entrusted with higher accountabilities for their decisions. Success and Failures in every decisions needs to measured in both long and short term.
Spy operations are dangerous – especially if your surname is not Bond.
Spying has been part of statecraft from time immemorial. It provides valuable information which can win battles and wars – including the diplomatic types. The Arthashastra (I trust readers as familiar with the name, in the least) mentions using artists as spies to target another state. An extensive spy system is mandated by Chanakya (Kautilya) to maintain peace, law and order internally; and the use of clandestine services to create confusion within enemies and win wars against them. The secret agents were everywhere, both internally and externally; inside houses, in the city, in the countryside, forests, frontiers etc. They adopted a cover which was appropriate to the circumstances; 29 different types with 50 subtypes of covers have been mentioned in the Arthashastra. As a mark of Chanakya’s precision, the exact cover to be used is specified in more than a hundred places in the text.
Such activities carried potential dangers. But, of course, we can never be complacent.
A story that leads nowhere!@
Americans will always do the right thing, only after they have tried everything else-
Churchill
If the reason behind the flood or landslide in Uttarakhand is due to the failed operation in 1980s then it raises a concern on defence related decisions taken by any party for that matter. Actions or failures of today sometimes doesn’t affect us immediately but at a very later point in time. It might be a point in time where none of the person responsible for the actions would not be even Alive. Politicians of today should be entrusted with higher accountabilities for their decisions. Success and Failures in every decisions needs to measured in both long and short term.
Spy operations are dangerous – especially if your surname is not Bond.
Spying has been part of statecraft from time immemorial. It provides valuable information which can win battles and wars – including the diplomatic types. The Arthashastra (I trust readers as familiar with the name, in the least) mentions using artists as spies to target another state. An extensive spy system is mandated by Chanakya (Kautilya) to maintain peace, law and order internally; and the use of clandestine services to create confusion within enemies and win wars against them. The secret agents were everywhere, both internally and externally; inside houses, in the city, in the countryside, forests, frontiers etc. They adopted a cover which was appropriate to the circumstances; 29 different types with 50 subtypes of covers have been mentioned in the Arthashastra. As a mark of Chanakya’s precision, the exact cover to be used is specified in more than a hundred places in the text.
Such activities carried potential dangers. But, of course, we can never be complacent.