After the Indo-Pakistan war of 1965 and 1971, tensions between the two nations made it evident that India needed to bolster its intelligence capabilities. The Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) – India’s external intelligence agency, which was growing rapidly – was on a mission to recruit spies to keep a close eye on the enemy lines.
The R&AW, which was initially created to keep a check on China’s influence over Asia, had exclusively shifted its focus to counter Pakistan. Spies – trained in the dark art of espionage which, in essence, is deception, subterfuge and sabotage – played a major role in passing intelligence from behind the enemy lines. Their intelligence inputs gave India a strategic advantage – especially during times of conflict.
Post Indo-Pakistan wars, a 21-year-old, college-going, Ravindra Kaushik, performed a zealous mono-act of an Army officer at the national theatrical festival in Lucknow. When a R&AW intelligence officer took note of his performance, he decided to recruit him as an agent.
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