The Brave: Param Vir Chakra Stories

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Twenty-one riveting stories about how India’s highest military honor was won. Rachna Bisht Rawat takes us to the heart of war, chronicling the tales of twenty-one of India’s bravest soldiers. Talking to parents, siblings, children and comrades-in-arms to paint the most vivid character-portraits of these men and their conduct in battle and getting unprecedented access to the Indian Army, Rawat has written the ultimate book on the Param Vir Chakra.

 

  • Language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
  • Genre: History
  • Edition: 2014
  • Pages: 296
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The Brave – Param Vir Chakra Stories, by Rachna Bisht Rawat, chronicles the tales of valour of twenty-one Indian soldiers.

Summary of the Book

The author has painted the most vivid and inspiring character-portraits, after talking to parents, siblings, children, friends, and comrade-in-arms of twenty-one of India’s bravest soldiers. The book poignantly describes their conduct in battle and getting exceptional service to the nation’s army. It leaves you thinking how war and nationality have plagued the human mind, while striving for world peace is getting harder by the day.

About Rachna Bisht Rawat

Rachna Bisht Rawat is an Indian journalist, writer, a mother to a bright 12-year old, and a gypsy wife to an Army officer, whose work has taken their family to some of the strangest places in India. Rachna is a 2005 Harry Brittain Fellow, and has won the Commonwealth Press Quarterly’s Rolls Royce Award in 2006. Rachna’s first short story, Munni Mausi, was a winner in the 2008-2009 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The Brave is her first book.

Additional information

Weight 0.3 kg
Dimensions 20 × 12 × 5 cm
brand

Natham publication

Binding

Paperback

language

English

Genre

History

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