Book Review: Gorkha in Search of Identity
BOOK REVIEW
GORKHA IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY
BRIG CS THAPA
BIBILIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
NAME OF BOOK GORKHA IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY AUTHOR BRIG CS THAPA COPYWRITE SRIAV PUBLISHERS PAGES 134 Pp FIRST PUBLICATION 2013 PRICE Rs 350/-
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brig (retd) Chander Singh Thapa(B. 1952) did his early schooling from St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun and joined the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College in Jan 1964. The offr was commissioned into the 70 Armoured Regt in 1972, an alumnus of Defense Services Staff College(Wellington), the offr saw active service in Sri lanka. The offr later commanded 48 Armoured Regt. The offr is a fifth generation offr and after hanging the spurs chose to try his hand in quill and golf club. The offer presently lives in his ancestral home in Dehradun. A Gorkha by birth, the offr strongly feels for the identity issue of the community and has paid a befitting tribute to his umbilical cords.
BOOK REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
The phase we are living in is one of the most abnormal in human history. It is a phase marked by contradictions and confusions, the truth and lies both are treated non-existent till they slap on our face and make themselves heard crying out loud. A lie fed thousand times becomes a truth and a truth dormant becomes a lie. The book by Brig(retd) C S Thapa, “Gorkha in Search of Identity”, is an emotionally charged up and sincere attempt by a retd army offr to pay his debt to his community which as he rightfully justifies is facing an identity crisis even after as a community sacrificing its youth for India like any other martial race. The book contains hard bound 134 pages and is divided into nine chapters, followed by an article titled “A Stout Believer” enumerating demographic, historical and cultural aspect of Gorkhas. At the end the author also cements the argument of unflinching loyalty of Gorkha as a community towards India by example of his own family
GORKHA IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY
BRIG CS THAPA
BIBILIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
NAME OF BOOK GORKHA IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY AUTHOR BRIG CS THAPA COPYWRITE SRIAV PUBLISHERS PAGES 134 Pp FIRST PUBLICATION 2013 PRICE Rs 350/-
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brig (retd) Chander Singh Thapa(B. 1952) did his early schooling from St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun and joined the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College in Jan 1964. The offr was commissioned into the 70 Armoured Regt in 1972, an alumnus of Defense Services Staff College(Wellington), the offr saw active service in Sri lanka. The offr later commanded 48 Armoured Regt. The offr is a fifth generation offr and after hanging the spurs chose to try his hand in quill and golf club. The offer presently lives in his ancestral home in Dehradun. A Gorkha by birth, the offr strongly feels for the identity issue of the community and has paid a befitting tribute to his umbilical cords.
BOOK REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
The phase we are living in is one of the most abnormal in human history. It is a phase marked by contradictions and confusions, the truth and lies both are treated non-existent till they slap on our face and make themselves heard crying out loud. A lie fed thousand times becomes a truth and a truth dormant becomes a lie. The book by Brig(retd) C S Thapa, “Gorkha in Search of Identity”, is an emotionally charged up and sincere attempt by a retd army offr to pay his debt to his community which as he rightfully justifies is facing an identity crisis even after as a community sacrificing its youth for India like any other martial race. The book contains hard bound 134 pages and is divided into nine chapters, followed by an article titled “A Stout Believer” enumerating demographic, historical and cultural aspect of Gorkhas. At the end the author also cements the argument of unflinching loyalty of Gorkha as a community towards India by example of his own family