A Brief Gist.
Four decades in Kashmir.
So much has changed. So much still is yet to change.
In A General Reminisces, Lt. General Satish Dua reflect about the region, as he pen thoughts about the militant uprising in the Valley in 1990, and how the Indian Army evolved to respond to it. A counter-terrorism force called Rashtriya Rifles was created to counter the rising threat. Then there was a bold response of creation of Ikhwan, which eventually led to a bolder experiment of raising the Territorial Army battalion, comprising of surrendered terrorists. Writing about these events, he create a context to tell a story of a terrorist-turned-soldier, Nazir Wani, who ended up becoming the very beacon of change. Nazir strayed on the wrong side as a teenager, starting with running errands for terrorist groups to more. But he joined Ikhwan and proved a confident operative. He was awarded the Ashok Chakra for his ultimate sacrifice in a daring operation.
This book has two parallel narratives–my assessment of the social, political, security and religious landscape in J&K between 1986 and the 2018, intertwined with the life of a TA soldier who began his life with terrorists but underwent a dramatic transformation.
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