Ours Not to Reason Why: With the IPKF in Sri Lanka by Brig RR Palsokar
Book Price: 499 INR
A firsthand account by an officer who commanded a brigade in Sri Lanka during the IPKF operations in the Island country. His formation saw action from the very beginning till the very end of the campaign that remains debatable even today.
Was it her fault that she became her soldier’s widow? Does it matter whether he was a battle casualty or a physical casualty? No. Death matters!! Her husband’s death matters. But only to her. For everyone else she is either a trophy to be used at glamorous patriotic events or a money minting machine in the name of a trust or an NGO. And she is soon forgotten. Her pain, her trauma, her problems are no one’s business. It’s her battle and her battle alone. A battle she must win, for herself, for her children and for the supreme sacrifice of her husband. Shouldn’t we as a nation support her in this battle of hers or should we just disown her, like we do? Or was it really her fault that she became her soldier’s widow? About the Author- Ambreen Zaidi has been a well known journalist & columnist. She has won accolades & several awards for her ground work related to the forgotten heroes of the Indian Armed Forces, in leading news papers like Times of India, Hindustan Times, Dainik Bhaskar. She was the founding editor of world’s first blog magazine Blogger’s Park. She has her own venture called The Changemakers, where she and her team hand hold, the forces widows & orphans and helps them in whichever area they need help, from education to training to placement. All free of cost. She regularly writes for national & international publications about the social issues which need immediate attention.
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.