Dispatches From Kargil by U. R. Anantha Murthy in Paperback

 

The summer of 1999 saw the Kargil war, a brutal and courageous tale of barren, icy peaks held by an entrenched enemy. The only way to dislodge the intruders was to climb up in the face of overwhelming fire. Many heroes emerged from this harrowing battle, including Saurav Kalia, Vijayant Thapar, Yogendra Singh Yadav, Mariappan Sarvanan and Vikram Batra. In Despatches from Kargil, Srinjoy Chowdhury, a journalist covering the war for the Statesman, recounts the challenges faced by reporters in the midst of shellfire and vicious bedbugs. Through first-hand accounts, Chowdhury paints a vivid picture of major assaults in Drass and Batalik, and provides memorable depictions of soldiers and officers on both sides. This reportage embodies the best of war reporting: observant, objective, and deeply moving. During one particularly traumatic moment, Grenadier Yogendra Singh