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Saluting Our Heroes: The Param Virs of Bharat

Shantanu Bhagwat
Type: Print Book
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Language: English
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This series of posts on Param Vir Chakra awardees on my blog <a href="http://Satyameva-Jayate.org/">Satyameva Jayate</a> was prompted by a winding but thought-provoking conversation I had in the summer of 2009 with a friend and his cousin – a young serving officer in the Indian Navy. We talked politics, Jammu & Kashmir, 26/11, bribery, corruption and Pakistan…until talk got around to attitudes of young people towards the army and the general lack of interest in a career in the armed forces.

The young naval officer felt that at least part of the blame lies with our attitudes towards “heroes”. <strong>As a society and as a nation, we rarely honour our men and women in uniform and do not value their valour enough</strong>. He pointedly asked me, <strong>how many of us can name even five Param Vir Chakra awardees, let alone all of them?</strong> I confessed I could not.

That question...

About the Author

<strong>Shantanu Bhagwat</strong> (who has been writing under the name of <strong>B Shantanu) is a political activist, blogger, advisor to start-ups and a seed investor. He is also a one time VC and ex-Diplomat.</strong>

He has been writing articles and blog posts on the History, Culture, Politics and Religions of India since 2004. The entire archive of these posts is available at Satyameva-Jayate.org – now among one of the most popular blogs in India.

He is currently involved in <strong><a href="facebook.com/SatyamevaJayate.BShantanu">“Reclaiming India” – One Step at a Time</a></strong>.

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Book Details

ISBN: 9789382359913
Publisher: Satyameva-Jayate.org
Number of Pages: 69
Dimensions: 7.01"x9.02"
Interior Pages: B&W
Binding: Paperback (Perfect Binding)
Availability: In Stock (Print on Demand)

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