Spy Vs Spy
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How the British used the 1896 Bombay Plague as the excuse to advance their interests in Iran
The British sent a medical mission to Sistan province to help them gather intelligence.
John Hayhurst
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Jazz, Bolsheviks and Miss X: A real-life spy story from 1930s Bombay
A fascinating intersection of politics, state surveillance intrepid travelling African-American musicians, sexual politics and the role of women in spycraft.
Gautam Pemmaraju
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Spy stories: A Cold War double agent for the Stasi and CIA talks about being dumped after 22 years
A man known as ‘M’ offers a unique insight into the secret workings of intelligence agencies.
Eleni Braat, The Conversation & Ben de Jong, The Conversation
Trending
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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Harsh Mander: Past, present and future – what Narendra Modi’s campaign of hate signifies
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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PM Modi’s claim of dramatically enhancing India’s global standing a ‘mirage’, says report
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India among 120 countries that CIA spied on for decades using Swiss encryption firm: Report
American and German intelligence agencies secretly bought the Swiss firm and added weaknesses in the encryption devices it sold to other governments.
Scroll Staff
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Do John le Carré’s spy novels distort the real image of Britain’s secret intelligent service?
Perhaps we would not be so drawn to spy fiction if we had a little more spy fact to read.
Christopher J Murphy, The Conversation
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James Bond has created a recruitment problem for MI6, so it now wants more ‘everyday’ people
With its first ever recruitment advert, MI6 is reaching out to women and minority groups and sunbert the ‘licence to kill’ image.
Klaus Dodds, The Conversation & Lisa Funnell, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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A decade on, ex-CIA officer of Indian origin continues fight to clear her name
The threat of extradition is the latest hurdle in Sabrina de Sousa's battle against a counterterrorism operation gone wrong.
Seema Sirohi
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Litvinenko inquiry: 25 years on from the Cold War, espionage endures
A public inquiry says the murder of the former Russian spy was probably approved by Vladimir Putin. So how will the UK react?
Rory Cormac, The Conversation
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From Mata Hari to Anna Chapman: The world loves a good old sexist honey trap story
And despite the weight of fiction and history, spies, suits and others in the business of secrets never seem to learn.
Ipsita Chakravarty
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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When secret government talks are hacked it shows no one is secure in the connected age
Israel is suspected of spying on Iran's nuclear talks using a virus to hack the devices that are all around us.
Carsten Maple, The Conversation
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Why NATO and Russia are playing a Cold War game of hotlines and spooks
As the West and Russia go about rooting out each other's spies, they also lose the ability to keep tabs on each other. Time to get back in touch.
Simon J Smith and David J. Galbreath, The Conversation