ON HIS FIRST DAY AT A NEW SCHOOL VEER WAS A NERVOUS THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD STANDING ALONE AT THE CLASSROдOM DOOR THEEN
ARUN APPROACHED HIM AND SAID, "YOU'RE NEW. RIGHT? СОМE, SIT HERE.
THAT MOMENT CHANGED EVERYTHING. THIS IS THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF
TWO BOYS WHO BECAME SOLDIERS. TOLD BY THE ONE WHO SURVIVED. IT
IS THE STORY OF MAJOR ARUN OF THE 13 KUMAON REGIMENT-A MAN WHO
UNDERSTOOD THAT DUTY MEANS SACRIFICE. THAT LEADERSHIP MEANS
PUTTING YOUR SOLDIERS BEFORE YOURSELF. AND THAT SOME THINGS ARE
WORTH DYING FOR. FROM THEIR SCHOOL DAYS THROUGH TWELVE YEARS
OF MILITARY SERVICE. FROM PEACEFUL TRAINING TO THE HORRORS OF
OPERATION DISINFECTION. THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE UNBREAKABLE BOND
BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS AND THE PRICE ONE OF THEM PAYS FOR HONOR.
IN THE FINAL BATTLE. WITH HIS BODY BROKEN BY BULLETS. MAJOR ARUN
PLANTS THE INDIAN FLAG AND SPEAKS HIS LAST WORDS. HIS DEATH WILL
INSPIRE SOLDIERS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. A STORY OF FRIENDSHІР.
DUTY AND THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. "I STILL MISS HIM. EVEN NOW. YEARS
AFTER HIS DEATH. I MISS HIM. BUT I KNOW THAT HE IS NOT FORGOTTEN.
HIS MEMORY LIVES ON IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM. AND IN
THE ACTIONS OF ALL WHO WERE INSPIRED BY HIМ."