This book is the first of the series by the same title (but different sub-titles) that aims to bring to fore certain anecdotes and experiences as narrated by those who were there and who witnessed such events unfolding in front of their own eyes during Indo-Pak War 1971. That is the closest one can get to the truth of a battlefield engagement. Have we been able to achieve 100% accuracy? We can’t say! But we are sanguine that all such accounts are as close to the truth as possible. The contributors, all in senior age brackets by now, are free from the limitations that get imposed both by the service regulations and impact of events that may have happened in the recent past. They are well beyond such inducements. This book is the first one in the series of four books on the stories from 1971 war.

This book is mostly an exposé of a scam of unbelievable proportions. The scam is a popular or rather popularised belief that chronic diseases are inevitable and mostly irreversible. The fact is that they are not; we practically invite them in and refuse to take simple actions to reverse them when they do occur. There are many angles to this.

Officers’ Mess: Life and Customs in the Regiments (Hardcover; INR 995) A compilation of traditions as these pertain to the Officers’ Messes in the British Army.

This is a detailed account of military operations in the geographical territory of Naushera-Jhangar in the present day UT of Jammu & Kashmir. Not told before stories of valour and courage of both J&K State Forces and Indian Army.

"A Hundred Years" Probably the 'blows' part was taken literally from his oft-quoted speech regarding "the first few blows on the anvil of life which shaped human destiny...."; and ever since then, we have been at the receiving end of blows! "No Woman No Cry" Well, actually Woman is definitely more than a Man, as she has the "Man" within her; in other words, those of us who are not Mathematically challenged would sum up that Man is actually a sub-set of Woman. "Mosquito Menace", Man proposes, and the mosquito disposes, and with disdain. Like a kamikaze, he just approaches his target; he even warns the victim of his intent with his gentle humming that here I am, 'catch me if you can'! "Casus Belli" This motherly affection which is centred on the stomach, is a universal phenomenon across the length and breadth of the country and knows no caste, religion, region, culture or language barriers. Whether we have a Uniform Civil Code or not, we have a Uniform Feeding Code for Mother India. "Ripped Jeans" Somewhere down the line, these tatters became a fashion statement; the beggars in India can now have their own line of prêt a porter (ready to wear) and can proudly boast of their high-end attire while serenading on their daily promenades on the streets' walking the ramp' rather than 'street walking'. "Tool Kits" Hack saws and chisels are languishing in the carpenter's bag as even 'hacking' these days is associated with these cyber warriors, gradually chiselling away at their domain. In fact, the domain has already been usurped by the good-for-nothing DNS, which at one time was supposed to be the job of the tool kit of an ENT surgeon's scalpel. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brig Suyash is a serving Army officer with an outstanding career spanning more than three decades. A recipient of the Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service, he is widely travelled, which includes a stint in West Africa as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cote d'Ivoire and Europe on a fa

Photographed and compiled painstakingly, the book printed on superior photographic paper, carries the details that would delight any birdwatcher or student of ornithology.