Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269).
Contents:
Canada and the Sikh diaspora in the late 1970's -- Punjab in the late 1970s and my return to headquarters -- The rise of Bhindranwale (1980-81) -- Negotiated solution: a prolonged charade? -- Indira Gandhi's 1982 US state visit -- A state of controlled chaos -- My third visit to the US and Canada -- The aborted Heliborne commando operation -- P.C. Alexander, R.N. Kao and B. Raman -- Operation Blue Star -- India Gandhi's assassination and the anti-Sikh pogrom -- The aftermath -- The way forward.
Summary:
The author, a former Special Secretary of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), examines a series of interconnected events that led to the rise of the Khalistan movement, Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 and the anti-Sikh violence unleashed thereafter. With a timeline that moves from seven years before to a decade after 1984, the book strives to answer critical questions that continue to linger until today.
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