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Account of an Indian soldier employed in the Imperial British Army.

True story of Dilīpa Paruḷakara, retired captain from Indian Air Force, who was imprisoned by the Pakistan army in 1971.

• Death Wasn't Painful Compassion and Cruelty Secrets and Sleuths The Hospital Interlude Myths and Misconceptions Compatriots and Colleagues A Yankee Comes Calling Some Fun, Some Frolic Courage and Cowardice Daring and Devilry Kala Sandhu The Times, They Were Bad Tigers in the Cage Freedom Beckons Preparations and Doubts The Breakout The Aftermath Wages of Sin Ayesha The Great Homecoming Annexure: Pen Portraits Acknowledgements Glossary.
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Death Wasn't Painful is a true account of the experiences of a former Indian fighter pilot, who was taken prisoner during the 1971 Indo-Pak/Bangladesh Liberation War. While depicting the intrepid life of fighter pilots in active combat, the book also has an introspective side where it portrays the soldier's reactions to the terrifying realities of war. The experiences of prisoners of war are finely drawn, as we share the emotions of war-death, alienation, loneliness and grief. Through heart-warming anecdotes and conversational passages of interactions with Pakistani interrogators, attendants, jailors and civilians, the book juxtaposes the metaphor of physical battles in the sky with the conflict of minds between two nations.
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Humorous memoirs of a lieutenant in the Indian Army during World War II

Reminiscences of Śiśiraprasāda Sarbādhikārī, a volunteer of Bengal Ambulance Coprs, about his memories of World War I and as a prisoners of war.

• Death Wasn't Painful Compassion and Cruelty Secrets and Sleuths The Hospital Interlude Myths and Misconceptions Compatriots and Colleagues A Yankee Comes Calling Some Fun, Some Frolic Courage and Cowardice Daring and Devilry Kala Sandhu The Times, They Were Bad Tigers in the Cage Freedom Beckons Preparations and Doubts The Breakout The Aftermath Wages of Sin Ayesha The Great Homecoming Annexure: Pen Portraits Acknowledgements Glossary.
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Death Wasn't Painful is a true account of the experiences of a former Indian fighter pilot, who was taken prisoner during the 1971 Indo-Pak/Bangladesh Liberation War. While depicting the intrepid life of fighter pilots in active combat, the book also has an introspective side where it portrays the soldier's reactions to the terrifying realities of war. The experiences of prisoners of war are finely drawn, as we share the emotions of war-death, alienation, loneliness and grief. Through heart-warming anecdotes and conversational passages of interactions with Pakistani interrogators, attendants, jailors and civilians, the book juxtaposes the metaphor of physical battles in the sky with the conflict of minds between two nations.
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This book is an annotated English translation of Gadadhar Singh's Cin Me Terah Mas (1902), a stunning account, in Hindi, of his experiences in China as a soldier in the International Expedition-a multinational force of eight nations organized in the summer of 1900 to march on the capital city of Beijing, lift the siege of the Foreign Legations there, and defeat the insurgent Boxers and the Qing Empire that supported the movement. Written shortly after his return from Beijing, Singh details many aspects of China and its people he encountered in person over the course of thirteen months. Part travelogue, part history, his story of China offers an eyewitness account of the tumultuous events of the Boxer Uprising and its aftermath along with a remarkable close-up view of Chinese society, culture, politics, religion, art, and architecture, and other 'knowable and suitable subjects', from the perspective of an Indian subaltern.
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• v. 1. 1941-1942
• v.2-3. 1943-1944
• v.4-5. 1944-1945.

This book is an annotated English translation of Gadadhar Singh's Cin Me Terah Mas (1902), a stunning account, in Hindi, of his experiences in China as a soldier in the International Expedition-a multinational force of eight nations organized in the summer of 1900 to march on the capital city of Beijing, lift the siege of the Foreign Legations there, and defeat the insurgent Boxers and the Qing Empire that supported the movement. Written shortly after his return from Beijing, Singh details many aspects of China and its people he encountered in person over the course of thirteen months. Part travelogue, part history, his story of China offers an eyewitness account of the tumultuous events of the Boxer Uprising and its aftermath along with a remarkable close-up view of Chinese society, culture, politics, religion, art, and architecture, and other 'knowable and suitable subjects', from the perspective of an Indian subaltern.
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• Section 1. Resistance
• section 2. Stories from the 13-day war
• section 3. The paratroopers
• section 4. Air and naval operations
• section 5. Surrender and after.