In this episode of "The Syllabus of Life", we have Nitin A. Gokhale in conversation with Ex IRS Ravi Kapoor.Nitin A. Gokhale is one of India's most respected voices on national security and strategic affairs, a veteran journalist with over four decades of experience, founder of StratNews Global and Bharat Shakti, and author of multiple acclaimed books on India's military and intelligence community, including his latest R.N. Kao: Gentleman Spymaster.In this episode, Nitin A. Gokhale and IRS Ravi Kapoor discuss:In this episode, Nitin A. Gokhale and Ex IRS Ravi Kapoor discuss:→ Who was R.N. Kao — the spymaster so private even his family hid his photographs?→ Why is he called a "Gentleman Spymaster" if he was never really a spy?→ How did one man build four intelligence agencies that still guard India today?→ Did you know Kao helped Ghana build its own external intelligence agency?→ What was the secret 1984 mission to China that Indira Gandhi sent him on?→ Who was the mole inside Yahya Khan's office that changed the 1971 war?→ How did a 12-hour gamble nearly break the Indian Air Force's nerves before Pakistan's air strike?→ Why was Dhaka's Governor House bombed using outdated commercial maps?→ Who were the Tibetan refugees that became India's secret weapon in 1971?→ Was the Ganga hijack a real terror attack or RAW's most audacious deception?→ Why did Kao personally walk Sheikh Mujib into a garden — and what warning did Mujib ignore?→ Did Kao really warn Indira Gandhi to remove her Sikh bodyguards before her assassination?→ Was Morarji Desai actually a CIA asset — or was he just too arrogant?→ Did Morarji really tell Zia-ul-Haq that India knew about Pakistan's nuclear programme?→ How did RAW detect Pakistan's nuclear weapons years before the world knew?→ What was the quiet operation that turned the kingdom of Sikkim into India's 22nd state?→ Why was RAW once mocked as the "Relatives and Wives Association"?→ What were the bizarre 3 AM recruitment tests that built India's spy service?→ What's the one secret about Ajit Doval's IB years that insiders rarely talk about?

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