A spy-eye view of Pakistan

The book is more than just a historiographical recounting of Pakistan's birth and subsequent journey

Ajai Shukla  January 10, 2017 Last Updated at 22:41 IST

Pakistan: Courting the Abyss By Tilak Devasher HarperCollins India, 2016 450 Pages; Rs 599 In our country, where practically everyone who reads a newspaper regards herself as an expert on Pakistan, and library bookshelves groan under the weight of little-read tomes lamenting the oddities of our neighbour, former spymaster Tilak Devasher has pulled off a coup in presenting a book that will actually be read widely. That is because Pakistan: Courting the Abyss is more than just a historiographical recounting of Pakistan’s birth and subsequent journey. It is also ...

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A spy-eye view of Pakistan