Brave : Param Vir Chakra Stories

21 riveting stories from the battlefield about how India s highest military honour was won The Brave takes you to the hearts and minds of India s bravest soldiers, all of whom won the Param Vir Chakra, India s greatest military honour. With access to the Army, families and comrades-in-arms of the soldiers, Rachna Bisht Rawat paints the most vivid portrait of these men and their extraordinary deeds. How hard is it to fight at 20,000 feet in sub-zero temperatures? Why did Captain Vikram Batra say Yeh dil maange more ? How do wives and girlfriends of soldiers who don t return cope? What happens when the enemy is someone that you have trained? How did the Charlie Company push back the marauding Chinese? How did a villager from Uttar Pradesh become a specialist in destroying tanks? Both gripping and inspiring, The Brave is the ultimate book on the Param Vir Chakra.