Vikram Sood, one of India's greatest spymasters who has spent his career in the dark corridors of cloak-and-dagger, gave some cold, hard insight into the realities of today's world and also suggested how India should play the long game.
An operative who went on to head the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) before he retired in 2003 after 31 years of service, Sood shared his assessments of the dynamics that are unfolding in interactions among nations today - the US, China, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and of course, India.