Flowers on a Kargil Cliff

[gurinder goraya]

Dear Vikram Jit,

Flowers on a Kargil Cliff is a compelling read... chronicling the military events of those fateful days, all along keeping a keen eye on the flowers peeping from the crevices in the cliffs,  especially while negotiating arduous slopes or while crawling over the cliff edges, is commendable. Ever since I got the book in my hand during last week of November 2024, I have read it twice, and flipped through pages randomly a number of times... every time I find it gripping, getting fascinated by the details, many a times with a feeling of trekking on these cliffs alongside you! Great, many thanks for presenting such a vivid account of the cliffs and the flowers there upon! 

       

Best regards, and wishes for the new year,

GSG 

Dr. G S Goraya, IFS (Retd.)

25-Teachers' Colony, Hira Mahal,

Nabha - 147 201 (Dist. Patiala, Punjab)

Tel. (Mob.) +91-941-802-5036

[vikram jit singh]

Dear Dr. Goraya,

Thank you so much for your review of Flowers on a Kargil Cliff, and taking out the time to read it twice over. It constitutes an invaluable input for me.

Wishing you & the distinguished 'efloraofindia' group of botanists the very best wishes for 2025.

Best regards,

Vikram Jit Singh.

Chandigarh.

(Ms: 9814019356, 7347347677)

Golf Columnist, Defence reportage and Wildlife Correspondent: 

The Times of India at Chandigarh (India). 

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Sunday Wildbuzz Columnist at the Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, since January 8, 2012, published episodes: 670.

Columnist on Security / Terrorism / Regional Geopolitics

At Moneycontrol.com

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War correspondent at The Cliffs of Kargil, 1999

Line of fire CI-OPs / CT Ops reporter, The Indian Express, at Srinagar, 1997-1999; India TV, at Srinagar, 2004

1. Eyewitness account of artillery fire at super-high altitudes, chapter: WITH HONOUR AND GLORY  --- Five Great Artillery Battles, authored by Maj. Gen. AJS Sandhu (2021, Published by USI of India), that includes: Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Vimy Ridge, Battle of Bir Hacheim, Battle of Chhamb, Battles of Tololing and Tiger Hill: Kargil War.

2. Author: Flowers on a Kargil Cliff --- India's first war correspondent in the line of fire in Kashmir & Kargil (2024, Published by The Browser / Fauji Days, Distributor: Simon & Schuster India)

https://youtu.be/HNLQMvqDocA?si=zK3K8CUQeATJFLfw

https://youtu.be/6uRcBM5A1qA?si=2Ubtb1k7N6nb6M0g