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Index
Cover
Title page
Contents
About the Author
Advance Praise for the Book
Dedication
1965
Title page
Contents
Advance Praise for the Book
Dedication
List of abbreviations
Foreword
Introduction
The Battle of Haji Pir
Lt Gen Ranjit Singh Dyal
Maha Vir Chakra, Param Vishisht Seva Medal
The Battle of Asal Uttar
CQMH Abdul Hamid
Param Vir Chakra
The Battle of Phillora
Lt Col Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore
Param Vir Chakra
The Battle of Barki
Sub Ajit Singh
Maha Vir Chakra
The Battle of Dograi
Brig Desmond Eugene Hayde
Maha Vir Chakra
The Tashkent Declaration
Illustrations
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Shoot. Dive. Fly.
Title page
Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Introduction
Hanging by a Thread
1. ‘I fly a helicopter to work.’
2. ‘I shouldn’t have been alive.’
3. ‘She was stuck thirty feet underground in a narrow borewell.’
4. ‘We aimed for zero collateral damage.’
In Extremis
5. ‘Jumping out of a plane makes me feel alive!’
6. ‘My missing finger is my mountaineering trophy.’
7. ‘We could have died on that expedition—but we didn’t.’
8. ‘On Everest, mental fortitude counts more than physical strength.’
The Incredibles
9. ‘Everything in my body is broken—except my smile!’
10. ‘I hit the ground from 8,500 feet with an unopened parachute.’
11. ‘They were hanging between life and death when he dropped down from the sky.’
12. ‘I chopped off my leg with my own khukri.’
13. ‘When you have nothing to lose, there is no fear.’
Training to be a Soldier
14. ‘At twenty-five, you will lead a 100 men ready to die at your command.’
15. ‘I play troop games like football; I can shoot from a rifle and I know unarmed combat—every lady officer does.’162
16. ‘I stood in the snake pit watching the cobra come closer.’
Popular Myths Busted
17. ‘It’s not a career for women!’
18. ‘It’s a no-brain job!’
19. ‘It grounds your dreams of going abroad.’
20. ‘I joined the Army at forty.’
21. ‘There’s no promotion for disabled soldiers.’
Illustrations
Institutions
How Do I Join the Army?
Acknowledgements
The Brave
Title page
Contents
About the Author
Dedication
Introduction
The Indo-Pak War of 1947-48
Somnath Sharma
Karam Singh
Rama Raghoba Rane
Jadunath Singh
Piru Singh Shekhawat
Congo—1961
Gurbachan Singh Salaria
The Indo-Chinese War of 1962
Dhan Singh Thapa
Joginder Singh
Shaitan Singh
Second Kashmir War of 1965
Abdul Hamid
Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore
The Indo-Pak War of 1971
Albert Ekka
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
Arun Khetarpal
Hoshiar Singh
Siachen—1971
Bana Singh
Operation Pawan 1987-90
Ramaswamy Parameswaran
The Kargil War 1999
Manoj Kumar Pandey
Yogender Singh Yadav
Sanjay Kumar
Vikram Batra
References
Acknowledgements
Follow Penguin
Copyright
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