Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years - Softcover

A.S.Dulat Aditya Sinha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9352645227 ISBN 13: 9789352645220

Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2017

Synopsis

Srinagar in the winter of 1989 was an eerie ghost town witnessing the beginnings of a war dance. The dam burst the night boys from the separatist JKLF group were freed in exchange for the release of Rubaiya Sayeed, the Union home minister's daughter. As Farooq Abdullah had predicted, the government's caving in emboldened many Kashmiris into thinking that azaadi was possible. A.S. Dulat, who was posted there, saw Intelligence Bureau colleagues being picked off one by one. It was a long, slow haul to regaining control. From then to today, Dulat has had a continuous engagement with Kashmir. In this extraordinary memoir that reads like a thriller, Dulat gives a sweeping account of the difficulties, successes and near triumphs in the effort to bring back Kashmir from the brink.

About this title

About the Author:

A.S. Dulat served as the head of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Aditya Sinha has been Editor-in-Chief of the New Indian Express and DNA. He is the author of Farooq Abdullah:Kashmir's Prodigal Son (1996) and Death of Dreams: A Terrorist's Tale (2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins India
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 9352645227
• ISBN 13: 9789352645220
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376