In pakistan , army use political leaders for their political interests whereas in India political leaders use army for their political interests

Mr. Bisaria is evidently a good diplomat. He keeps skirting the issue and going around the subject without ever getting to the point. So it would appear that diplomats don't just lie abroad for their country but even may lie at home for their country.

Mr. Bisaria wants to say everything without saying anything nonsense he is trying to blow hot and cold at the same time.

How on Earth did Mr Bisaria manage to become HC to Pakistan 🇵🇰, he is the quintessential WhatsApp uni grad.

Bisaria is a diplomat we can see how shrewd and futile attempts to protect the government" 's failure or the government's wilful and implicit permission to this attack he is trying to defend.

Karan, this gentleman is clearly not disclosing the truth but trying to dodge your straight questions. It’s obvious he is playing to his masters gallery….

Total waste of time listening to the interviewee’s replies! Mr Thapar, as always, is brilliant. Why was the book written at all? No substance.

It should become clear to modi regime that this man wants either a parliament berth or chairmanship of any commission. He could not explain the violation of the geneva convention by Pakistan.

What an embarrassingly spineless IFS officer! Ashamed of such cowardice and stoogery of the Govt...😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Speaking truth has become dangerous in India. Karan is great facing this danger now a days.

HC is neither here nor there, regretting for writing the book, mr karan should have ended the interview by saying "aakhir kehna kya chahte ho".

IAF did friendly firing, shooting their own helicopter. 😅😅. They were in too much panic on that day when Pak hit them back....

You are great Sir!!! Keep on showing the truth ... We are with you...

The night it happened I was at home which is 15 km from the site, we rushed to the site in the morning the only casualty we saw was a crow and 3 trees were damaged, if 1 or 2 people would have killed there would have been big " janaza" and big public reaction, there was some anger why someone came in to our air space

I am a big fan of Mr Karan Thapar Sir ❤️

This is exactly what we have said.. Indian Air force came into our Air space drop there Payload and run off. Entire nation media and some western media went to on the location where Indian Air forces drops it's Payload there were few trees damage. Truth can not be hidden. Thank you for showing this interview to the world. We have responded on the 2nd day and entire world saw that. Regards Gentlemans from Pakistan. 🙏

I am listening to Karan for the first time. He is so logical and rational and very clear about what he wants to know about the issue without ambiguity. We do have a few journalists like him on Pakistani side too who question their own authorities rather than accept whatever illogical lies they are told.

I love how Karan is so relentless when seeking out the truth

Rare to see such great independent journalism im India. Huge respect for Karan Tapar ❤

Great job once again Kiran! No need to read the book. The interview has sufficiently exposed the author. With all the command over the language, the interviewee couldn’t cover himself up.

How this guy became a diplomat with such stupid understanding of things?Karan was brilliant as always.

In the end there is no proof of anything that Mr Bisaria has said in the book. Its just his assessment. In short its just his view.

Lucked out? Did the terrorist luck out by getting access to protocol? Did he luck out he got access to uncommon explosives? Did he luck out in the Home Ministry denying aircraft transport? Did he luck out the soldiers weren't in an armored vehicle. The interviewee is slimy and slippery and is covering up incompetence by Modis govt.

I’m surprised, this guy was an ambassador with that mentality, then I realised he lives in India and he has to face consequences if he says anything about modi’s government or he must be looking for a lucrative job???

Goodness, Karan, you roasted him harder than a marshmallow at a bonfire!

He is a bureaucrat. Right? Talking like typical bureaucrat. Karan hats off to you to have put your whole hand in his mouth. But to no avail

Salute to Karan for an unbiased professional interview!!

How nice it would have been if this Gentleman had done his duty by the nation and given this statement of fact in the year 2019 to help set the public debate in the correct perspective. It would have vindicated people like us who analysed that Balakote was a photo op for General Elections. 149 Crore Indians were taken for a ride on this lie. These clarifications now are of little use as modi cohorts have moved on to Op Rama.

The virtue of truthfulness can be seen in epics like entire ramayana and Mahabharata. But, it is the one that is missing in the incumbent government but uses these epics for there own greed. They will use names of Gandhi, Ambedkar, Rama, Krishna but never follow them

He will regret this interview for life.... dosti bani rahe ;)

Ajay Bisaria... here's a person who's released something hoping the Supreme emperor will notice and throw him some bone to chew. If the whole book is anything like what he's expresses in this interview, then it's all B.S and can be skipped. He says he's given evidence when in fact he's probably quoted some fringe articles in newspapers. It's neither here nor there. Thank you Mr Thapar for throwing light on this guy.

Only solace the guest had was the advertisement for his book in last 20 seconds

Ajay Bisaria had not even know the tactical level of understanding about the issue.... He did a good try to spread a false propaganda , to help PM Modi for election campaign as always.... But truth always revail....

I have a lot of regard for Bisaria, but here he is so careful and evasive that he becomes uninteresting. As for reports that casualties in Pulwama could not have been substantial as they would sooner or later have been reported by social media, the same was true of India's claim that around three hundred Pakistani "terrorists" were killed. What happened to their funerals which similarly could not have been kept secret for long if at all? Needless to say the first casualty of war is the truth. I was of course no longer in the foreign service.

Mr. KT, it is worthless to interview such shrewd ex IFS officer, who at last seems to be expecting more from Indian administration for his post retirement tenure. In fact he was diplomat of a Govt, which is ideological ridiculous and right, and he is also not different.

Mr Karan you are incredible

There is no point in getting a cowardly bureaucrat who is looking to sell his book. He obviously knows more but is scared of facing the wrath of the Government. All he keeps saying is no comment on important matters

Basariya;s narrative has been blown into pieces by Karan.......Basaria had no idea that Karan would screw him with quotes from Pompeo's memoirs. Basria had no idea that Karan would have read Pompeo's work. Basaria's effort to take credit for himself and for the Modi Govt on account of "effective diplomacy" in the wake of Balakot has been blown apart by Karan........

look like he didn't wrote a book, he just informed us that the separatists was lucky/successful by publishing book.

As citizens of India, we should question the causes of any failure, be it on part of any government. There is no need to protect or expose only truth.

@23 minutes: fanaticism whether it is religious, nationalistic or racial, makes the man unrealistic, unjust and less factual! This is true here also... Mr A. Bisaria claims baselessly about POW and Geneva convention vis-à-vis Mr Abhinanthan!?! What a shame for a diplomat of his stature!

Apparently he wrote a book for the majority of today's India. He wants to sell his book anyways, come on that isn't unfair. I don't blame him for hiding the truth, he is just going with the flow. See he got his book published. Not like the Ex army chief's book which has gone to a cold file by now.

Karan I’ve been listening to your interviews for the four to five years even those that have do with India’s internal politics of which know very little but yet one would listen because your quest are unremitting and honest to the extent that Modi started crying half way through the interview, however, this character is a mealy mouthed baboo who is perhaps scared and/or angling for a post retirement sinecure in the government… I am wondering why did he even write a book in the first place? Every question that you ask him reading from his darn book, he either completely refutes it or simply says he meant something else and that something else he can’t explain to save his life. On the Balakot strike where it is now common knowledge that India crossed over in the dead of the night and completely either missed the target or was nervously only recording the fact for the international consumption that they did cross over and decimated the target, an utter comedic fib, because the coordinates the IAF cited were provided to the international journalist on the GPS who went there to see the damage if any for themselves. The next day the PAF responded in broad day light and rammed forward brigade head quarter and then fired a controlled missile at a target where the then Indian Army Chief was busy in a meeting, the pilot turned the missile at the last moment towards an ammo dump instead, just to make a point that it’s not difficult to send a chilling response and then they shoot down two of IAF’s fighters including that of Abhinandan Varthaman. Now this high commissioner is gleaning all those statements that are music to the Indian government’s ears but paradoxically dismisses other even from the official sources. Come on karan, it’s a fair and square dominance of the PAF and a more than a bloody nose for India and its aspiration of conducting surgical strike inside Pakistan…just see how Midi used that botched up strike in the elections but never dared to toy with the idea of a surgical strike. Karan this man didn’t deserve a seat at least at your interview table and we wish him good luck with his penchant for fiction writing but certainly not material for a Karan Thapar interview. Best

That was 'furzical' strike,rather than surgical strike!

At that point in time (in 2019) Modi had nothing to show in terms of progress. None of the election promises delivered. The attack on the jawans happened and it was a blessing in disguise for Modi/BJparty. I always believed that something was off. This time in 2024 I am worried th BJP needa another Godhra / Gujrat riots / Pulwama /Balakot

Karan Thapar knows the book more than the author

The billion dollar question about balakot strike no one ever asked is that when we have BVRM missiles then what was the need to go beyond enemy line risking our aircrafts

Bisaria will never write a book in his life. Karan you did a great questioning and made Bisaria look totally spineless where he had no answers and keep saying ah uh ah uh. Shame on this guy. I don’t understand how such people get sleep in night.

A good interview, Mr. Thapar like always. I am amazed at how blatantly Mr. Bisaria can dodge reality and your logical questions. The author must check the facts; you only report or write under your name, especially as a diplomatic official, which Mr. Bisaria still needs to do in his book. I am shocked to know the type of training and grooming of the Indian diplomates who have no integrity at all to follow the universal protocols of being honest and truthful professionals. Mr. Bisaria's expression and what the USA and Canadians have raised with the Government of India shows the lapses in the Indian diplomates training, calibre, ethics and Delhi's inability to select, train and send its diplomatic core professionals overseas in the essential places like in the USA, Canada and the arch-rival Pakistan. India can save itself from the embarrassment of Balakot and assassination plots in foreign capitals by following a foreign policy it deserves to have as a five thousand-year-old civilization and the most populous country in the world, 1400 million people.

Mr. Karan should bring in Mr. Pravin Sawhney for this topic. The guest sort glanced through the specifics due to his background.

This man karan thappar seen few days with Chinese personal and discussing how to destroy current govt.

Got him on Geneva Convention!

Real journalist

Ask them where is Masood azar… and those 30 terrorists??? Doud ibrahim?

Karan sb you made him come to the truth 👌

Mr Bisaria is simple beating around the bush. He fumbled so many times like a school boy. This is the state of Indian diplomats . No wonder India has such a dismal foreign relations record. I am very much disappointed with Mr Bisaria's answer

Is this man ever saying or interviewing someone without agenda of election in his mind? Journalism is about knowing things or only knowing things for or against a party?

Loved it, Karan. I’m sure 15 minutes into this interview, Bisaria’s knees went knocking 😂 Bisaria clearly displays he is nothing but Modi’s mouthpiece. Karan, you’ve meticulously picked Bisaria apart.

One can understand the author's consternation...he doesn't want a political jhamela..but Karan Thapar is relentless in seeking the truth..salutes to you sir who feared no one on either side...

Ajay has been mincing words on the actuality of damage in Balakot strikes. Also, he spoke about Geneva convention but didn't prove his point. Karan Thapar's questions made it crystal clear.

Ambassador is not giving St answers though he maybe knowing everything

It's funny to listen to interviewee's sophisticated lies, sophisticated nonsense in sophisticated English 😂

Diplomat is not ready to hang his boots. He needs post retirement offer from government

Finally found an indian who likes to speak and accept the truth like a man.....

We need to accept the folly of balakot strike

Seems BJP's counter to Governor Satyapal Malik ji.

Whatever is suitable to me I will take …. I think that is my prerogative… when it came to other western media he cleverly used the word “ Conspiracy Theories “ good questioning

Again Thapar makes another insinuation that the car used for the attacks entered from Pakatan which is completely false as the car was owned by Samir Dar

It was wastage of time listening to high commissioner, he is spineless guy.

All the questions raised by you Karan ji during the interview with Mr. Basaria were very logical and sound. But it was quite evident from Mr. Basaria narrative that despite knowing all the truth he is reluctant to speak out the truth, Pakistani authorities had taken a number of foreign correspondents to the site which India claimed to be a terrorist hide out or headquarters as per the Indian narrative of course and which India successfully blown out with heavy number of causalities. As a matter of fact, all the foreign correspondents witnessed that there were no signs of any rubble of a demolished building except a deep crater in the ground, What the Indian pilots did was, they dropped their pay loads randomly in sheer panic and fled away. As far as the story of Indian deployment of missiles near the Pakistani border when Indian Wing Commander Abhi Nandan was captured by Pakistan. It is nothing more than a face-saving stunt by Modi Ji, in order to cheer up the Indian public and boost their moral. PM Imran Khan along with the defense authorities of Pakistan had already decided to return the Captive as per Geneva convention and not further escalate the existing tension. Pakistan only proofed its capabilities to thwart any Indian provocations or ill intentions. against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Pakistan. Pakistan and its citizens very well remember all the good will and Favours of India during the 1971's Pakistan's political crisis. Pakistani nation is ever ready to safeguard their country's sovereignty by all the possible means and manners. India along with rest of the world very well knows that Pakistan in no way behind India in nuclear technology. Wisdom says that both the countries should respect each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty and settle all the issues through a meaningful dialogue.

A sterile interview. Can't expect anything better from a diplomat who makes lengthy statements which mean nothing. His book would a waste of trees!

How is your conversation with Mr. Bisara any less logical than a conversation with a gol gappa waala would have been fruitful. I mean come on Mr Thapar, you know he just wasted your time and ours as well.

The ambassador stammers his way through the entire interview. It is proof enough.

This fellow is trying to protect his job and escape the wrath of Narendra Modi. He claims to have better knowledge sitting in Pakistani than a sitting governor who was right there. Trying to make a quick buck.

Actually HC wants to say "Yr blunder ho gya book me ab chor de meri jaan"

Dear KT he doesn't seem to accept the words you're trying to put in his mouth. Not really an interviewee of your taste

When we have these type of diplomats. Peace is out of question. And I am talking about both sides. Much respect for Karan for being truthful.

The kind of videos really give a good nursery to audience who are against Bharat. wish these can be tacked.

Karan not only conducts interviews but also grills and toasts guests on his show, delving into the depths of their thoughts, views, and opinions. 😀

Oh my God.... Karan tried all his might in every way to put his word "Modi is behind Pulwana attack to gain political mileage" ... Ajay Bisaria is good and know his trap and did not fall for his traps... very interesting 👌 every question is biased and was expecting a desired answer which he did not get 😉

Bisaria has just written this book to get cookies from political masters, but Karan exposed him fully 😀

LoL… Karan sounded more like a shrewd diplomat and Ajay a student…😂😅😊

Karan is the last journalist of the kind that can grill any big authority without fear. He comes fully prepared. A generation of pygmy Stooges will rule after him.

Why write a book when you have no additional information then what is available already in public domain

It seems he is more interested in joining politics rather than bringing the facts in public domain. Karan Ji, roasted him. It seems he is added to some WhatsApp group to get the so called proofs.

Alto respect from across the border for your genuine journalism thanks sir……

A clear example of an EX-official who is scared of the Modi regime. OR an ardent BJP supporter!!

This guy is a consummate diplomat. And because he's so, he will not say anything controversial - to the point of hiding the truth. Waste of time listening to him....

I have issue with the way Karan Thapar rubs his interviewers the wring way..but here he seems yo have got the equation right.well prepared and well presented without any aggression.. Great points on Phulwama accountability ..Archives ..we in India haven't opened for many decades ..like China war Henderson report Kargil accountability and so on..Points on Geneva Connvention were spot on.. Credit for diplomatic success in this Abhinandan episode very much debatable !

Good job Karan. Now I don't need to read his book :)

Getting back Avinabh was the great example of our diplomacy.

He is not giving any message from his book as Karan interview show.

one of the most credible and competent journalist in India. I think he is an asset of India.

He is a perfect example of how postings are given under this government 🤣 He should've saved the money spent on that book. 🤣

Very interesting that Karan chose to ask questions by inferring on Malik’s interview and his perspective rather than on what was written on the ambassadors book and his experiences. Whats the point of asking a high commissioner on the electoral benefits of such an attack ? Is he a politician? A member of election commission ? He is putting words on the mouth literally.

Never say die Mr Bisaria.

Its would be a great success if on retaliation we wouldn’t have lost anything, but anyways it gave us experience and lesson learn and most imp we were able to convey msg to PK that is not business as usual. There is no doubt PK has better military assets on limited conflict India only have upper edge on full scale war (which has almost 0 possibilities)

Awards are given to the HMV (his master voice) people in the democracies nation of the world..!!!???

Mr. Basaria sources are "trust me bro"

Ambassador is a typical spineless officer afraid to tell Karan Thaper the truth. His book is a cover up of Modi Government's failure in Pulwama incident. Every sensible Indian trusts Satpal Malik's version of the matter rather than this officer