· About the author () Raghu Karnad is an award-winning writer and journalist who lives between Bangalore and New Delhi. His essay detailing the Reviews: 1. · Raghu Karnad’s astonishing history, Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War, casts the Indians like my grandfather who served the British Empire in Iraq during World War II in a far more prestigious role. They were members of the so called “Paiforce” (the Persia and Iraq Force), tens of thousands of whom (soldiers, military officers, bureaucrats, cooks, police, mapmakers, . · In riveting prose, Karnad retrieves the story of a single family - a story of love, rebellion, loyalty and uncertainty - and with it, the greater revelation that is India's Second World War. Farthest Field narrates the lost epic of India's war, in which the largest volunteer army in history fought for the British Empire, even as its countrymen fought to be free of it/5().
In riveting prose, Karnad retrieves the story of a single family—a story of love, rebellion, loyalty, and uncertainty—and with it, the greater revelation that is India's Second World War. Farthest Field narrates the lost epic of India's war, in which the largest volunteer army in history fought for the British Empire, even as its. Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War. Raghu Karnad. W.W. Norton Co. ($) by Mukund Belliappa. For some years during the Second World War, my paternal grandfather, a mid-level employee of the Survey of India, worked in Baghdad. This anomaly—to the best of my knowledge, he never left South India for the rest of his life. Raghu Karnad is the author of Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War. Twitter: @rkarnad. September Floods in drought season: is this the future for parts of India?
In riveting prose, Karnad retrieves the story of a single family - a story of love, rebellion, loyalty, and uncertainty - and with it, the greater revelation that is India's Second World War. Farthest Field narrates the lost epic of India's war, in which the largest volunteer army in history fought for the British Empire, even as its countrymen fought to be free of it. It carries us from Madras to Peshawar, Egypt to Burma - unfolding the saga of a young family amazed by their swiftly. Raghu Karnad’s astonishing history, Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War, casts the Indians like my grandfather who served the British Empire in Iraq during World War II in a far more prestigious role. They were members of the so called “Paiforce” (the Persia and Iraq Force), tens of thousands of whom (soldiers, military officers, bureaucrats, cooks, police, mapmakers, surveyors, you name it) were relocated to a sprawling bureaucratic occupation of Iraq. ‘Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War,’ by Raghu Karnad The author’s journey into the wartime experiences of three members of his family impresses Share on twitter (opens.
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