Inside I.B and R.A.W.:A Rolling Stone that Gathered Moss

by K. Sankaran Nair

Autobiography

235 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

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[Prabhat sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inside IB and RAW: The Rolling Stone that Gather Moss: (Hardcover) by K Sankaran Nair: In the autobiography the author has described his early upbringing, Kerala, post office serving father, school and college education, selection in Indian Imperial Police Service, training and posting in Madras, State posting. His father being awarded for exemplary Government service at Nagpur. Learning experience with State Minsters. His posting in New Delhi. Here he was posted in IB. His marriage proposals and ultimate marriage. Lesson from China war 1962 and Pakistan war 1965. His work for the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war and help to Mukti Bahini has been described. With more experience he developed confidence and was promoted. He was posted in Ghana, Africa. This experience has been described in detail about how he trained the local officers about collecting, analyzing information and using it. With change in Government, how the post of Director was downgraded and later on after change in Government, his role in restricting the institution has been written well. His posting as Secretary, Minority Commission and superannuation in 1978 from Government Service has been mentioned. Later was made Secretary General of Asian Games 1982 which he conducted successfully. From 1986 to 1988 he was High Commissioner for Singapore. Here he has described this responsibility and how he was able to make easy issue of travel documents to people. He has described national persona- Indira Gandhi, Moraji Desai, Sanjay Gandhi, RN Kao, YB Chavan, Rajiv Gandhi well. He has written about delivering talks on security issues at various training institutes Defence Services Staff College, Wellington Here students grade and provide assessment points on the invited guests for talks. He mentions that the listener students gave him high grade. He has described his life in London also. It is a worth reading book.