Untold tales from war

Camouflaged is a collection of 10 deeply researched stories, ranging from the world wars to the 26/11 terror attacks

- MAROOF RAZA

Camouflaged: Forgotten Stories from Battlefields

By Probal Dasgupta

Published by Juggernaut

Price ₹699; pages 318

Few Indians know that thousands of Indian volunteers fought in lands unknown to them in Europe for the British empire during the Great War in 1914, even though they were looking for India’s eventual independence from British rule. Around 90,000 died there. Their sons and grandsons followed them into the profession of arms, with some families having served in an Indian Army regiment for over a hundred years. The Indian Army’s history is long and has not been covered in this book. Only the essence of what drives men in uniform has been brought out in the 10 deeply researched stories, sourced from museums, libraries, regiments of the Indian Army, war diaries and personal accounts.