With real heroes and not `reel’ heroes. India has a tradition of many generations serving one after the other in the armed forces. Here are two great veterans whose grandfathers served in the First World War and they served the Indian army. They are wearing the medals of their grandfathers also in this picture as they were specially invited to attend the centenary celebrations of Indian participation in the Great War. It was an honour for me to have my photo clicked with them.
He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Military History and Conflict Studies (formerly Center for Armed Forces Historical Research), United Service Institution of India, New Delhi. He is fluent in Hindi, English, and Assamese and is an avid student of History, Culture, Archeology, Anthropology etc. He has been continuously working since 2001 on various aspects of the Great Uprising of 1857 and has been studying as well as documenting the history and culture of Western Uttar Pradesh. He has also been recording and preserving the oral as well as documented folk renditions of this rapidly urbanizing region. He has many publications to his credit in the above fields of study including four books on history and culture. At present, he is working on books linked to the Military History of India (1000AD to 1800 AD), 1857 Uprising in Western Uttar Pradesh, and the anti-colonial Uprisings of North- Eastern India. He is a practicing Radiologist focusing on Gastrointestinal Ultrasonography and Nephrology / Urology as well as interventional ultrasonography. He has many publications to his credit in this field and is at present working on a book on Hepato-Biliary Ultrasonography.
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