Beyond the headlines: Stories from the battlefield, and after

Hyderabad: Brigadier Baqir Shameem’s ‘Thorns and Roses – From Veterans of Defence Forces’ is a poignant and introspective memoir that chronicles the sacrifices and experiences of the unsung heroes. In both the ambushes, my vehicle was severely damaged and I sustained bodily injuries.” Vijay Kumar’s face-to-face encounter with fate in ‘A flight to remember’ in a Fairchild C-82 Packet aircraft leaves the reader charged up. In ‘My tryst with Olive Green’, Colonel Romesh Mehandroo explains, “I was born during the time of WW2 and my father held the esteemed position of a UTC commissioned officer. Book: Thorns and Roses – From Veterans of Defence Forces Author: Brigadier Baqir Shameem Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan Pages: 126 Price: `250