HarperCollins India is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of
GURKHA BROTHERHOOD
A Memoir of Childhood and War
by Capt. Kailash Limbu
‘A humane and gripping book which proves beyond doubt why the Gurkhas are known as such formidable warriors.’ – Sir Ranulph Fiennes
ABOUT THE BOOK
‘SOMETIMES MY MIND REACHES BACK, BEYOND THE FEAR AND THE ARID LANDSCAPES OF WAR, TO MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD THAT FILL ME WITH HAPPINESS AND LAUGHTER.’
Considered to be among the finest infantrymen in the world, the Gurkhas are proud, brave warriors who have seen combat across the globe. In five tours of active service in Afghanistan that involved dangerous resupply missions and offensive patrols that took them to the heart of the ‘killing zone’, Captain Kailash Limbu and his men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles came under frequent attack from Taliban fighters. Captain Limbu lost several friends and colleagues from the close-knit Gurkha brotherhood, and on many occasions feared he himself would not live to see the end of the day. His means of coping with the trauma of conflict was to travel back to his childhood in a remote Himalayan village in Nepal. But even there, amid the simplicity of mountain life, danger and tragedy lurked…
In this searingly honest memoir, Captain Limbu celebrates his Gurkha heritage, relates remarkable stories of courage, and confronts demons that have shaped but not broken him.
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Talking about the book Captain Kailash Limbu says, ‘This book is about my personal experience in war, and my childhood. I am the first Gurkha soldier to write his personal story for the world. I believe it is important to record our experiences so that future generations will learn from them. I wanted to pass down my knowledge and tell the world what we have done together.’
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Captain Kailash Limbu was born in 1981 in a remote village in Nepal. He joined the 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles of the British Army in 1999 and has been on operations in Bosnia, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan.
272 pp | Rs 499
Available wherever books are sold | Releasing 24 January 2024
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For review copies, interviews, excerpts or more information, please write to: sohela.singh@harpercollins.co.in
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