Review: A spymaster writes about his craft
inam ul rehman Book: A life in the shadows: A memoir Author: A S Dulat Publisher: Harper Collins India Pages: 264 pages As the author of the book Dulat comes across a person of considerate, tolerant, knowledgeable, fun loving, and a great listener. The latter quality makes him a special person to develop rapport in Kashmir. And boy, his CV is full of North and South Pole people in Kashmir. Dulat, as his books testify, knows all the important persons of Jammu and Kashmir. He has already penned down two books, “ The Vajpayee Years ”, and “The Spy Chronicles” written in partnership with his ISI counterpart Assad Durrani . The latter one showed his subtility in nudging Durrani to talk more. However, the book under review is a memoir, and is not restricted to Kashmir though the latter has occupied many pages. I have a strong hunch that the Bollywood movie Lamhaa , released in 2010, was based on Dulat’s experience in Kashmir just...