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Copyright © Raghu Karnad 2015
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Source ISBN: 9780008115722
Ebook Edition © June 2015 ISBN: 9780008115715
Version: 2016-04-25
For my mother,
who didn’t let me forget
Contents
1. Everybody’s Friend: Calicut
3. Savages of the Stone Age: Miranshah
4. The Centre of the World: Madras
6. Things Sacred Between Us: Mhow
10. The Jemadars’ Story: Eritrea and Libya
11. The Lieutenant’s Story: El Alamein
13. Enter the Hurricane: Imphal
15. Fascines and Gabions: Calcutta
17. Fight with Your Ghost: Kohima and Jotsoma
18. The Cremation Ground: Kohima