Siachen Glacier : The Battle of Roses
by Harish Kapadia
Published by : Rupa & Co. (New Delhi) Physical details: xx,229 Pages 15x23 cm | HB Year: 2010| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 355.0310954910954 H254S 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | 35741 |
The Battle of Roses.
Include Illustrations, Appendices, Bibliography and Index.
For twenty-five years, several thousand troops from the armies of India and Pakistan have been facing each other in an undeclared war in the vast expanse of the Siachen, the world’s longest non-polar glacier. It did not feature in the negotiations between India and Pakistan after the wars fought by them in 1949 (the Ceasefire Line); 1965 (the Tashkent Agreement); and 1972 (the Shimla Agreement and the Line of Control).
Based on Harish Kapadia’s travels to the glacier and his interactions with those caught in the midst of this conflict, this is a personal narrative of the geo-politics, war, environment and turmoil of one of the world’s starkest regions.
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