Publisher | Penguin Books India |
ISBN 13 | 9780143422358 |
Book Subtitle | Param Vir Chakra Stories |
Book Description | Twenty-one riveting stories about how India s highest military honour 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. |
About the Author | Rachna Bisht Rawat is a journalist, writer, mom to a precocious 12-yearold, and gypsy wife to an Army officer whose work has taken the Rawats to some of the quirkiest places in India.Rachna is a 2005 Harry Brittain fellow and winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Press Quarterly s Rolls Royce Award. Her first story, Munni Mausi , was a winner in the 2008 09 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. This is her first book. |
Language | English |
Author | Rachna Bisht Rawat |
Publication Date | 1/8/2014 |
Number of Pages | 246 |
Param Vir Chakra Stories english 1/8/2014