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Sikka eventually managed to meet the officer's mother in Malerkotla, Punjab where she eventually unfolded further elements of her story. As a part of her duties in Pakistan, she used to tutor General Yahya Khan's grandchildren. It took Sikka approximately 8 years to fictionalize the story and arrange it into a cohesive narrative. He ...
Apr 12, 2018 · In an interview to The Hindu, Harinder Sikka narrated how he met the Indian spy Sehmat (name changed) whose story inspired him to write a novel. During the war, Sikka went to Kargil to do a...
May 2, 2018 · Set during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, its titular character marries a Pakistani officer so she can acquire intelligence and pass it on to the Indian Navy. In real life, the spy's discovery of the Pakistani plot to sink INS Vikrant helped saved scores of lives.
Jun 3, 2018 · Harinder Sikka. My journey with Calling Sehmat, the book, began at the Kargil battle theatre where I had gone as a freelance journalist with due permission from the then Adjutant-General,...
Sep 13, 2020 · A former Lieutenant Commander of the Indian Navy, Harinder S. Sikka found himself engulfed with anger, standing in the middle of the mess and discussing the “traitors” who had led to the loss of men on the battlefield.
Jun 23, 2018 · Harinder Sikka, a retired officer of the Indian Navy, on whose book, Calling Sehmat, the film Raazi has been made, remembers that it wasn’t difficult for him to locate Sehmat’s home in Punjab’s Muslim-dominated town of Malerkotla in Sangrur in 2000.
Apr 2, 2019 · She went on to interview its author Harinder Sikka, where he unveils his journey of meeting Sehmat, penning down her story and finally, having the novel being adapted into a critically acclaimed film, Raazi.
