Former R&AW chief Vikram Sood shares memories of India's legendary Spy R N Kao

Vikram Sood, is a former chief of India's external intelligence agency the Research and Analysis Wing and an advisor to the Observer Research Foundation, an independent public policy think tank in New Delhi. Sood’s entry to R&AW was very accidental but he went on to become spymaster in 2000 in his over three-decade-long service. Sood also has the distinction of being the lone chief of R&AW who came from a non- police background. In an in-depth conversation with Smita Prakash, Sood talks about Kargil, Pakistan’s misadventures on the border as well as on mainland through attacks. Sood also reveals Musharraf’s role in Kargil and how they exposed his lies, importance of intelligence system for strategic and security interests of the country. Further, Sood also narrates the story behind Pakistan’s nuclear story and the assassination of former Prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, his relations with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his take on spy movies. In this video Sood talks about one of the legendary Indian spymaster and founder director of R&AW R N Kao who remained a role model for one and all. Sood also narrates about his meetings with Kao and his love for the nation which made R&AW one of the best intelligence agencies.

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[HUMANIST_]

Mrs. Gandhi may be a lot of terrible things, but you'll get goosebumps on just thinking all that happened under her watch. She inspires a feeling of awe, shock and admiration.

[devdubey]

It's so sad that there are people who sacrifice everything for our nation without having any second thought and we don't even know about them...

[nsjsjs]

Feeling proud when I get to know he(RN Kao) is from my city😊

[Nawab.khaira_]

INDRA GANDHI WAS SUCH A SMART LADY PRIME MINISTER.SHE HAD VERY STRONG VISION.
AFTER GOT DEFEATED IN COUPLE OF WARS,
SHE ANALYSED WHOLE SITUATION AND THEN SHE REFORMED NEW INTELLIGENCE WING Called R&AW. MAJN MOTIV BEHIND THAT WAS TO KEEP AN EYE ON OTHER COUNTRIES, AND ANALYS ANY FUTURE THREAT.
She was intelligent, Brave, Educated and best Ruler.

[ketanpawar]

R n kao एक गुमनाम महानायक जिनोने सिक्किम राज्य को भारत मे मिलाया ❤

[anandrajchoudhury]

my great grand father worked for R N Kao ....

[mandy]

So Mr Vikram Sood laid the groundwork for podcasts in India

[jagannathansundararajan]

Shocking and disgraceful how top leaders of the country could be so naive and goody goody that they could stop R& AW operations perhaps expecting reciprocity from Pakistan.

[gvsmani]

This mahnnn, his voiceee, sooo calming, so knowledgable 💖💫🌺⭐

[vishnusaini]

Vikram sir seems to be great leader with right intelligence with good intentions

[balapusht]

There was none, there is none, & there will be none ...dearth of nationalists in d system
But d leadership always dissapointed them
Good to see india rising on all fronts
Jai hind

[AslamAKG]

I always thought that there is something wrong with the education system of Pakistan. And you have proved it.

[madjack]

Morarji desai 🤔😕 😡
Salute ✋ to all those brave hearts for their selfless service to the country

[aniksinha]

Madam, the difference between these personalities and others are these people hardly talk and if you interrupting them many things will be unspoken, you are here to open the door.

[sreeram]

So for every deployment the recovery time is different and more indepth a person follows more in depth a person feels. So security of foreign embassies is huge then Sir.

[Dpk_YT]

India is was visionary she took good decision to form RAW.. But kuch log galiya dete unhe

[PrashantMishra-cs]

चाटुकारिता से स्मिता आज इस कुर्सी पर बैठी है 😂

[ankushkoul]

Kao is a kashmiri pandit surname… kao in kashmiri means crow…

[maxuser]

Indira the most powerful Indian leader period.

[helloadhaL]

Why couldn’t he stop the massacre in Kashmir in 1990 of Kashmiri pandits ? Mr Kao he was a Kashmiri pandit!!