Written by BDJ Desk

​In the years of his retirement Father took upon himself the role of conducting, as he put it. Self-appointed one-man goodwill missions to Pakistan to cement a better relationship than existed between the two countries at the time. He went to Pakistan entirely of his own accord and at his own expense. However, on each occasion he met the President and the Prime Minister before doing so, and on his return debriefed them about his deliberations. On one or two occasions he was accompanied by Mr CC Desai, the former High Commissioner to Pakistan... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

​The Chinese people sincerely hope that Sino-Soviet relations will improve. I suggest that we take this opportunity to declare that henceforth our relations will return to normal... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

​[‘KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents’ is a famous book written by John Barron. It was first published by the Reader’s Digest in January 1974. Bantam edition was published in December 1974. This book entails the history and real world espionage works of Soviet secret service – KGB. How this once dreaded intelligence agency worked during cold war era is a testimony of time. In our current issue we present a portion from this book.]

Copies of an urgent cable from the KGB Resident in New York, Boris lvanov, were rushed to Politburo members early on the morning of October 30, 1963. Ivanov reported that during the night the FBI had captured three KGB officers in the company of an American engineer, John W. Butenko... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

​‘Tragedy of Errors: East Pakistan Crisis’ is a book written by Lt Gen Kamal Matinuddin. This was first published by Wajidalis Publisher of Pakistan. In this month of March, we present the views of a senior Pakistani officer where he depicted the cruel planning and execution of Operation Searchlight-the crackdown of 25th March 1971 upon the unarmed Bangladeshi people... ...

Written by Leanna Garfield, Tech Insider

​A fly on the wall
CIA operatives may not use jetpacks or laser-powered watches, but they do have a few tricks up their sleeves. At the CIA Museum in Washington, DC, you can get a glimpse of the gadgets used in past spy missions. The agency has declassified 600 out of some 20,000 objects used by CIA operatives throughout history, museum director Toni Hiley tells Tech Insider. Current operatives are constantly looking to old gadgets to build new ones. "Revisiting technology is something we always do in the world of espionage," Hiley says... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

[New Delhi, July 1, 1947]

​The Honorable Member for External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Government of India New Delhi

Sir, 
I have the honor to refer to discussions which have taken place during the past several months between officers of the Department of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, Government of India, and representatives of the Embassy of the United States of America in New Delhi, as well as to various communications which have been exchanged on the subject, with respect to flights across India by military aircraft of the United States of America and the facilities to be accorded such aircraft while within Indian territory. It is my Government's understanding that the Government of India agrees to the continuance of the United States Army Air Forces operations to and across India on a special mission basis, subject to the fallowing stipulations... ...

Written by Talha Dar

​The might of German technology at the onslaught of World War II spelled devastation for the rest of Europe. Their accurate artillery, large numbers of robust tanks and superior military tactics used in blitzkrieg resulted in almost all of mainland Europe bowing down towards the Third Reich. Now that they were in control of most of Europe, the Germans began their famous weapons development programs that not only made unusual tools of destructions but also directly contributed a lot towards science itself... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

​December 15, 1971

​Dear Mr President,

​I am writing at a moment of deep anguish at the unhappy turn which the relations between our two countries have taken... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

Too soon and too late-We lack time, because we lack space- A revolutionary State, pursuing a petit bourgeois policy- Collaboration with France was a mistake-We should have emancipated the French proletariat and liberated the French colonies- I was right in Mein Kampf... ...

Written by BDJ Desk

Approximately 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in World War One, and over 74,000 of them lost their lives. But history has mostly forgotten these sacrifices, which were rewarded with broken promises of Indian independence from the British government, writes Shashi Tharoor... ...