There is a certain kind of
institution that grows more powerful the less it is understood. India’s
Research and Analysis Wing, known simply as RAW, belongs to that rare category.
It has no public website, no listed budget, no officer whose face regularly
appears on television explaining a decision. And yet almost every major turn in
South Asian history since 1968, the birth of Bangladesh, the war against
Khalistani militancy, the standoff with Pakistan over Kashmir, the quiet
contest with...
