In an interview to The Wire, former head of the Research & Analysis Wing A.S. Dulat talks about his new memoir, A Life in the Shadows. The book covers Dulat’s interactions with multiple senior leaders and important members of India’s security establishment – including current NSA Ajit Doval. Doval’s ambition and drive, Dulat said, was clear from the very start.

Read the full transcript of the interview here.

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