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| Lt Col. Anil Kaul |
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Born at Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh, Anil Kaul did his schooling at burn hall school, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi. Commissioned into the 65th Armoured Regiment on 24 December 1972, he is an alumnus of the national Defence Academy, khadakvasla and The Defence Services Staff College Wellington, Nilgiris. He has participated in crucial operations including Trident (1987), Pawan (1987), Rahshak (1996) and Parakram (2001-02), the latter two despite his disability. He was awarded the Vir Chakra for showing gallantry of an exceptional order in the face of militants.
After retirement, he lives in Gurgaon, working on comics based on Indian war stories.
This is his first book.
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| Survivor of both pen and sword |
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Back in the 1960s, BM Kaul defied the army’s tradition of secrecy with his book The Untold Story and Confrontation with Pakistan, incurring the wrath of the establishment. Now, his nephew Col Anil Kaul relates in a raw yet sensitive manner how, despite
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Being honoured with a Vir Chakra – or because of it – he had to fight every inch of the way to continue to serve his country with dignity after being wounded in the IPKF operation in Sri Lanka in 1987. |
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The reader will be astonished to learn that obvious disability – a missing eye and a mutilated hand – does not bring forth admiration, sympathy or special treatment from the establishment. The internal workings of the army also stand exposed, an exposure that is vital if corrective action is to be taken. |
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Kaul’s brutal honesty laced with ironic humour, his keen power of observation and sheer insouciance make for an unputdownable book. |
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It is left to the reader to decide which he wielded to deadlier effect- the pen or the sword. |
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