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B. Raman joined the Indian Police Service in 1961 and served in Madhya Pradesh as a police officer from
November 1962 to July 1967. He joined the External Intelligence Division of the Intelligence Bureau of the
government of India in July 1967 and moved to the Research & Analysis Wing (R &AW) of the Cabinet
Secretariat, when it was created in September 1968 as an external intelligence agency of the government of
India. He served as the head of the Counter-Terrorism Division of the R&AW from 1988 to 1994, and has
been a member of numerous intelligence groups. He testified on terrorism before the US House Armed
Services Committee in 2002, and before a subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee in
2003. He is the author of four books-Intelligence: Past, Present & Future, A Terrorist State as a Frontline
Ally, The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane and Terrorism: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow-all
published by Lancer Publishers of New Delhi.
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This book deals largely with those aspects of the working of the R&AW of which the author had personal
knowledge while serving in the organization for 26 years.

The book traverses through India’s contemporary history-importantly the 71 war; insurgency in the
Northeast, Punjab and Kashmir; the Emergency; the war in Afghanistan and the intelligence imperatives and
dispensation under Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai, Rajiv Gandhi, VP Singh, Chandra Shekhar and Narasimha
Rao. Written with the purpose that a knowledge of the role played by R&AW in those events would possibly
enable a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses, it painstakingly avoids over-statements,
exaggerations and spins. The organization has been given credit where it is due. And it has been criticized
where such criticism was warranted.

Known for his candor, the author provides rare insights into the functioning of R&AW. This book is
objective in its commentary and assessment. A prolific writer like Raman waited for 13 years after he retired
from R&AW in 1994 to come out with an insightful book.

In India, retired intelligence officers have written books on general aspects of intelligence and security.
However, there has been a reluctance to write on the functioning of our intelligence agencies by its retired
officers. Such reluctance was there even in other countries till the early 1960s. This has since disappeared.
The public in general and the research scholars in particular have benefited from such writings. This book
seeks to break the reluctance in India in public interest, so that the nation as a whole may benefit from a
well-informed debate.

Kaoboys of the R&AW, first attempt by an insider, who belonged to the permanent cadre since inception of
R&AW and was not merely a bird of passage, hopefully, would encourage others to share their experience
and insights with the public and research scholars.

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About the Author

B. Raman joined the Indian Police Service in 1961 and served in Madhya Pradesh as a police officer from
November 1962 to July 1967. He joined the External Intelligence Division of the Intelligence Bureau of the
government of India in July 1967 and moved to the Research & Analysis Wing (R &AW) of the Cabinet
Secretariat, when it was created in September 1968 as an external intelligence agency of the government of
India. He served as the head of the Counter-Terrorism Division of the R&AW from 1988 to 1994, and has
been a member of numerous intelligence groups. He testified on terrorism before the US House Armed
Services Committee in 2002, and before a subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee in
2003. He is the author of four books-Intelligence: Past, Present & Future, A Terrorist State as a Frontline
Ally, The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane and Terrorism: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow-all
published by Lancer Publishers of New Delhi.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.

Not exactly the Wild West
By Sanjay Agarwal
The 'Kaoboys' in the title is a pun on the name of legendary chief of RAW who saw it through its formative
years, and to whom this book is a kind of tribute. Apart from this, there are few cowboy antics, if any, in the
book. The book is mostly quite sober, and measured, even in its criticism of the other countries and agencies,
though of course he has a special grudge against the Americans. If you expect Mr. Raman, a veteran
'Kaoboy' himself, to be sharing any family secrets, you are sadly mistaken.

The book is written in a kind of flashback. There are 19 chapters in all, beginning with the Bangladesh war
(1971) and stopping somewhere around the early nineties, when Mr. Raman retired from the service. In
between, he covers a lot of ground geographically (actually only South Asia, and little bit of France), but
touches on almost each significant aspect: Bangladesh, North-east, Emergency, Khalistan, assassination of
two Gandhis (mother and son), Bofors, and terrorism. Each topic is dealt with in a fairly detailed manner,
offering a perspective from inside RAW.

There is a lot of useful information, though there are quite a few repeats, where he has reproduced his earlier
comments almost verbatim. Mr. Raman's English is fairly good, though it is not idiomatic, and sometimes
downright quaint. However, this does not detract from the overall quality of the book, though the lack of a
good editor is sorely felt.

He also offers a perspective on what RAW needs to do in future. His tone is politically neutral, as it has to be
for someone who served under at least two different political dispensations. His focus remains throughout on
protecting Indian territory and interests.

At some places, he frankly admits the mistakes which RAW, and Shri Kao, made. At places he offers
interesting tidbits, such as the dilemma the Indian embassy in France faced when Sh. Morarji Desai stayed
with them and presumably used one of the glasses to drink his own urine. The ambassador's wife had the
entire set of glasses replaced! Another interesting incident is when Mrs. Gandhi had her own staff pay
customs duty for smuggling in goods from a foreign trip with her. He also shares his perspective on how the
vanity and foibles of our leaders were manipulated or affected the country. Again this comes through in quite
a balanced manner - without any special favorites or axe to grind.

The book has been printed on expensive, glossy paper. This makes it difficult to read at times, as the paper
reflects light. The type face is good, the book is a fairly slim volume, though relatively large in size.

Overall an objective, and interesting view from inside the administration. Buy and read this book, quite rare
in India where most officers are quite reticent about their years with the Government.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.

In the world of spies......
By T. R. Santhanakrishnan
How secretive should sleuths be?

Secretive enough to not let our strategies become public domain information for adverse interests; yet not so
secretive to escape public scrutiny completely.

At last some of our sleuths have started publishing books about their life and times in RAW.

Raman does not succumb to the temptation of spilling secrets.

He provides the insightful analysis one can expect from him:

(a) There are no friends or enemies amongst sleuths. Strategic interests dominate everything else. CIA was
wary of Indian sleuths helping Soviets in Afghanistan and kept them busy by supporting the Khalistan
movement. (Friendship between Kao and then CIA director George Bush changed this policy). CIA was
happy to train ISI on terrorism in foreign lands (mainly directed against Soviets). Yet CIA was happy to train
RAW/IB on counter -terrorism. French intelligence penetrated Prime Minister's office and gained access to
RAW briefings. Yet French intelligence was happy to co-operate with India and provide US/Soviet fleet
movements in Indian Ocean. PM Narasimha Rao summed it up nicely when he said (in a reference to US):
"We have to get along well with them; but we have to be careful with them!"

(b) Pakistan's divisive actions in India did not stem from the loss of East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It started as
early as 1956 when Naga rebels crossed over to Burma to get trained in rebellion. (The rebels' dream of a
Greater Nagaland, including bits of Burma, led to Burma turning hostile and stopping this). Pakistan helped
Mizo rebel Laldenga conduct a campaign from Pakistan for Mizo separatism. (Laldenga began to dislike to
his ISI handlers and made a deal with RAW to move to India). Pakistan provided honor and support to Dr
Jagjit Singh Chauhan and helped him conduct his Khalistan movement even prior to the 1971 war. Pakistan
found a greater success in Kashmir because of:

1. Availability of 80,000 trained and armed mujahideens free after the Afghan war to conduct a proxy war
against India

2. Benazir Bhutto's stepped up support to ISI (with unlimited power and required funds) to conduct the proxy
war. (Pakistan's relationship with India was at its worst when Benazir headed Pakistan. No meetings. No
discussions on "non-white papers". No initiatives).

3. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's trust in Benazir Bhutto (for which, according to Raman, Prime Minister V
P Singh had to pay the price eventually) and

4. Prime Minister I K Gujral's decision to discontinue RAW's covert action capabilities on Pakistan's western
border (a policy started by Indira Gandhi and supported by every Prime Minister after her until 1996) that
freed ISI to focus on the eastern border at Kashmir and

5. Failure by New Delhi to stop the alienation of Kashmir Muslims (unlike the successful stopping of the
alienation of Sikhs in Punjab thanks to several leaders amongst the valiant Sikhs themselves).

(c) Raman thinks that the Bangladesh war did not provide India strategic advantages. We ended up having a
nuclear armed Pakistan and an ill-disposed Bangladesh in the neighborhood. Worth pondering this thought.
Nor does he think the win against Soviets provided US any strategic advantage. Raman is convinced that "if
ever there is an attack in US soil using a weapon of mass destruction, it would have originated from
Pakistan". Worth pondering this thought as well.

(d) Raman accuses both ISI and IB of ill-treating suspected sleuths from across the border. He avers that
ISI's suspicion that RAW had a hand in the Sindh disturbances is misplaced. According to him, this was
Pakistan stewing in its own sectarian juice.

(e) Some interesting behavior "behind the scenes":

1. Prime Minister Chandrasekar secretly agreed to refuel US aircrafts proceeding to the Gulf war theater in
1990; but backed off when a newspaper broke the story

2. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, after a massive rejection of her "emergency" rule in the 1977 elections,
considered sending Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi out of India and gave up the idea at Kao's advice.

3. Several bureaucrats had fallen prey to money, alcohol and sexual companionship to compromise security
or not return to India.

Raman's book clearly brings out the stellar role Kao's men played in serving India's territorial integrity and
geopolitical interests.

Organizing the nation's sleuths (blending the plays abroad, the plays within the country, using people, using
technology, warding off others' spies, working with military intelligence, working with India's diplomats
abroad, working with others' diplomats in India), steering through the political power play in New Delhi and
staying above suspicion are big challenges.

However, India is always able to get good leaders at political level, good leaders at institutional level (like
Kao) and good workers at the field level (like Raman). Let wisdom prevail over interests and transparency
prevail over power in organizing our intelligence forces.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.

Terrorism and Karma
By Abhinav Agarwal
A 'skimmy' overview of India's external intelligence agency, with some useful insights, incisive commentary,
and an insider's look at the highs and lows of RAW. But not without its potshots and settling scores.

Bahukutumbi Raman is a former head of the counter-terrorism division of India's external intelligence
agency, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). This book is a reminisce of his time in R&AW. The book
traces the origins of RAW from its inception, and is divided into chapters, each of which covers a broad
topic, such as the Indo-Pak war of 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh, the terrorism in Punjab, terrorism in
the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, as well as political leaders like Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, VP
Singh, Chandrashekhar, and political events like the Bofors scandal, assassinations of Indira Gandhi and
Rajiv Gandhi. Interspersed are accounts of both the development and decline of India's intelligence gathering
capabilities, corruption and nepotism within the intelligence community, counter-espionage, the role of the
ISI, and brief bios of some of the luminaries of RAW, like RN Kao, Sunook, Girish Saxena.

It is somewhat sad and disappointing that the RAW, formed in 1968 by the Prime Minister of Indira Gandhi,
reached its zenith during the 1971 War, rapidly fell into decline soon thereafter, to the point where its
efficacy even in Bangladesh was close to zero. It has been infiltrated by foreign intelligence agencies over
the years, repeatedly, its cadre often nepotist, corrupt, and incompetent, its failures many, and its successes
far and few inbetween, and where they do occur, hidden from the public eye.

........"Failure to diversify contacts in Bangladesh, pockets of hostility in its security forces and intelligence
community towards India and the R&AW, suspicion in the non-Awami League political circles over what
was perceived as Indian favoritism towards certain sections of the political spectrum and a lack of objectivity
in the Bangladesh analysis branch contributed to the decline in the R&AW's performance in Bangladesh
during the Emergency. This has continued since then." [page 53]

Jihadi Terrorism, Pakistan, and the War on Terror

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Most Indians have known that the epicenter of jihadi terrorism has been Pakistan. Pakistan's support -
military, economic, logistical, and diplomatic - of terrorism in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, is well
known to Indians, but has been denied and un-acknowledged for long or its impact minimized by the
Western World. This has been sore point with Indians, and B Raman minces no words when he takes the
West to task for this perceived duplicity.

........"Jihadi terrorism, which has been causing so much havoc across the world, including India, is this the
product of two minds inthe world of intelligence - William Casey and Le Comte Alexandre de Marenches.
During his secret visits to the terrorist training camps and madrassas in Pakistan in the 1980s, Casey used to
address the trainees as "My sons". He died of cancer during the second term of Reagan, and therefore, did
not live long enough to see the thousands killed by "his sons" and their associates, including 3,000 of his
own countrymen on 9/11. Some of the retired CIA officers of those days, who are now parading themselves
around the world and making money as the leading Al Qaeda watchers, were the original creators of Al
Qaeda." [pages 81, 82]

This is something some in the West may well disagree with. Lawrence Wright, for example, in his excellent
book, The Looming Tower, argues, with a lot of documentation, that the creation of Al Qaeda was very
much an organic creation of the likes of Al Zawahiri and later Osama Bin Laden. Lawrence Wright's book
however skirts the entire episode of US participation and involvement in the training, arming, and creation of
the terrorists that first fought the Soviets in Afghanistan, then the Indians in Kashmir, and now pretty much
the entire Western World.

Raman reveals more, later in the same chapter, referring to the hijacking of an Indian Airlines aircraft in
1984:

........"The revolver given by the ISI to the hijackers at Lahore before the aircraft was taken to Dubai was of
West German make. ... the West German intelligence intimated that the revolver was part of a consignment
sold by the company to the Pakistan Army. The Government of India immediately shared the information
with US officials and pointed that it was a fit case for declaring Pakistan a State-sponsor of international
terrorism. ... But, the US authorities were not prepared to accept this oral evidence as conclusive proof
against Pakistan." [page 92]

And further on:

........"It was this protection extended to Pakistan by the State Department ever since the days of the anti-
Soviet jihad in Afghanistan and it was their practice of closing their eyes to the spawning of jihadi terrorists
in Pakistani territory, that led to the emergence of the Pakistan-Afghanistan region as a breeding ground of
Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and numerous other jihadi terrorist organizations." [page 281]

The law of Karma cannot be escaped from. B Raman essentially states that the spectre of terrorism that
haunts the West is more or less a creation of the West. Terrorism, grown and nurtured by Pakistan in the
hopes that it would destroy its arch enemy, India, now threatens the very existence of Pakistan itself and
threatens to render the fabric of its society. Jihadi terrorism, trained and financed by the CIA, in the hopes
that it would bleed and defeat the Soviets in Afghanistan, did just that, but then turned on its creators.

Benazir Bhutto was the daughter of the late Zulfikar Ali Bhtto, the Prime Minister of Pakistan during the war
of 1971, when Bangladesh won independence from (West) Pakistan. This terrible loss at the hands of India
obviously left a deep and permanent mark on Benazir Bhutto, and was responsible for her policy towards of
India, especially when it came to the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, that Pakistan has occupied part of
and covets. She desperately wanted to be the daughter that win the war that her father had lost.

........"According to the source, Lt. Gen. Gul replied: "Madam, keeping Indian Punjab destabilized is
equivalent to the Pakistan Army having two extra Divisions at no cost. If you want me to drop the Sikh card,
you have to sanction the creation of two new Divisions." She found this argument compelling and kept
quiet." [page 160]

........"While Benazir tried to cut down, if not totally stop, the assistance to the Khalistanis, she wanted to go
down in Pakistan's history as the Prime Minister who succeeded in annexing J&K." [page 162]

........"The situation became worse in J&K after she returned to power. Even though she had tried to stop the
ISI's assistance to the Khalistani terrorists during her first tenure as the Prime Minister between 1988 and
1990, it was under her that the ISI started helping the Kashmiri terrorist organizations in a big way in 1989.
She was the most virulent towards India so far as J&K was concerned and gave the ISI total freedom and the
required funds to do whatever it wanted in J&K." [page 260]

Some points that could be made after reading the book:

- Provides a fairly good and broad overview of RAW and some historical perspective on the challenges faced
by India.
- This book feels very "skimmy". No one topic is covered in much depth. This may be by design, but it does
feel like a deficiency of the book. Some of the chapters, like the one on the 1971 India-Pakistan war, or on
the terrorism in Kashmir and Punjab,
- The style of writing is very much declarative - statements are made, but without much by way of reasoning
or backing up with references. Part of this may be because of the nature of the disclosures, but a more
academic and rigorous approach would have benefited the book and given it more credibility.

The book, for some reason, and surprising even given the fact it is a hardcover edition, is printed on glossy,
art-like paper. An overkill surely.

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B. Raman joined the Indian Police Service in 1961 and served in Madhya Pradesh as a police officer from
November 1962 to July 1967. He joined the External Intelligence Division of the Intelligence Bureau of the
government of India in July 1967 and moved to the Research & Analysis Wing (R &AW) of the Cabinet
Secretariat, when it was created in September 1968 as an external intelligence agency of the government of
India. He served as the head of the Counter-Terrorism Division of the R&AW from 1988 to 1994, and has
been a member of numerous intelligence groups. He testified on terrorism before the US House Armed
Services Committee in 2002, and before a subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee in
2003. He is the author of four books-Intelligence: Past, Present & Future, A Terrorist State as a Frontline
Ally, The Kaoboys of R&AW: Down Memory Lane and Terrorism: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow-all
published by Lancer Publishers of New Delhi.

Considering that of this e-book The Kaoboys Of R&AW: Down Memory Lane By B. Raman is sold by on-
line, it will certainly relieve you not to print it. you could obtain the soft file of this The Kaoboys Of R&AW:
Down Memory Lane By B. Raman to save money in your computer system, gizmo, as well as much more
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Down Memory Lane By B. Raman One that you have to consistently bear in mind is that reviewing e-book
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