Yassar

“are going to set the place on fire. Bomb it. Essentially they rely so much on technology. It’s only a facilitator, ultimately the assessment is made by human beings. Like the Indian nuclear tests, I don’t know whether it was by design. But in any case their intelligence failed.”
― A.S. Dulat, The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace

“but I went and Mani Dixit was appreciative. We chatted with his daughter Abha, who was researching on Sindh, and then I had a few minutes one-on-one with Dubey.”
― A.S. Dulat, The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace

“One of them went to my in-laws’ house in Model Town, Lahore, to ask about me. No one was at home, so they went and asked the neighbours’ chowkidar, ‘Yeh kaise log hain?’ That chap said, ‘Yeh acchhe log hain.’ I got the green signal and I always say that my neighbours’ chowkidar provided the certificate that the intelligence agency sought.”
― A.S. Dulat, The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace

“had a bet with me. I said, no, Mrs Gandhi is coming back, I haven’t been in India for four years but I can tell you this. They often back the wrong horse. KGB is tougher, but they have”
― A.S. Dulat, The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace