Review: Action-Driven Narrative Gives Us a Glimpse of R&AW, But Its Real History Remains Hidden The War That Made R&AW combines research with a direct writing style to provide a comprehensive narrative.
R&AW s logo. Illustration: The Wire
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In December 2019, Yogini Roygaga introduced me to Anusha Nandakumar and Sandeep Saket. They wanted to talk about how an intelligence agency like the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) functioned. Yogini was my student at the Xaviersâ Institute of Communications, Mumbai, where I have been giving lectures on international terrorism for nearly 14 years.
The authors, who were filmmakers, told me that they wanted to write a story about R&AWâs role in the 1971 War. I had told them that I was not part of R&AW during the 1971 War and hence had no personal knowledge on that subject. They assured me that they would do further research to complete the story. Hence, my briefing was only about how a foreign intelligence agenc