Kite-flying to spymaster: Meet Ravi Sinha, Secy, Research & Analysis Wing

As Sinha assumes charge of an organisation that was founded and headed by the legendary R N Kao in 1968, he faces many challenges, some legacy ones

Arrah in Bihar’s Bhojpur is celebrating.

Hamaar lal (our son) has become the chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), explained a local to a Hindi newspaper.

Ravi Sinha (59), who will take command on June 30 as secretary of the intelligence gathering agency that monitors and controls intelligence on India from foreign sources, was born in Arrah. Though the family visits infrequently, his ancestral home is well known, as his father was a professor in Dhanbad and moved back to Arrah subsequently.

“I used to fly kites with Ravi,” claimed a neighbour proudly as he offered sweets, the