Inside Nepal In Inside Nepal, Jeevnathan, head of the Eastern Service Bureau (ESB) of India s external intelligence agency, has been charged by the Agency s headquarters with overseeing the closure of the Bureau. Responsible for gathering intelligence and running operations related to India s eastern neighbours, chiefly Nepal, the Bureau hasn t produced any useful intelligence in a long while and headquarters sees it as unproductive and a drain on its resources. In the shadowy world of intelligence operations, the line between right and wrong, good and bad can often become blurred.