My book Beyond NJ 9842: The Siachen Saga launched: A glimpse of the function

Me and my wife Neha with RAdm Sudarshan Shrikhande

 

Thirty years ago today, Op Meghdoot was launched. My book Beyond NJ 9842: The Siachen Saga detailing the three decade long operation and personal stories of triumph and tragedy, fear and joy of soldiers and air warriors involved in India’s longest running military operation, was released in Delhi on 11 April. Here’s a glimpse of that function. Some of the excerpts from the book can be found here:  http://bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=419; http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/pakistan-cannot-be-trusted-on-the-siachen-glacier/20140410.htm         
Former Home secy Gopal Pillai, Gen VP Malik and Bloomsbury’s Suresh Gopal

 

 

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Param Vir Chakra Bana Singh with Siachen veteran Gopal Karunakaran

 

Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (r) with me and Siachen veteran Ashu Beri

http://nitinagokhale.blogspot.in/2014/03/how-and-why-i-wrote-book-on-siachen.html

http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-exclusive-secure-the-siachen-glacier/20140318.htm

http://www.mid-day.com/articles/book-review-of-nitin-a-gokhales-book-beyond-nj9842-the-siachen-saga/15203068

 

Brig VN Channa (r) with Suresh Gopal and Ashu Beri
Gp Capts Maheshwar, Sandeep Mehta and Capt DK Sharma of the Indian Navy

 

Me with G. Parthasarathy and Gen VP Malik

They got publisher wrong though

Felicitating the Chief guests

 

Felicitating Bana Singh

 

On stage

 

Introducing the book

 

Friends Ravi and Lakshmi and Brig Chatterjee behind Ravi

 

NDC Commandant VAdm Sunil Lanba and Andamans Lt Governor Gen AK Singh

 

The distinguished audience
Gopal Pillai, Air Marshal SG Inamdar and DG Air Ops, Air Marshal SB Deo

 

Friends Gopal and Geeta Karunakaran
KS Bajwa; back row Lt Gen Prakash Katoch and Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal

 

Maj Gen BK Sharma (green shirt), Maj Gen Ian Cardozo, IDSA’s Ajey Lele behind Gens Katoch and Thapliyal

 

Friends Ajay Banerjee, Capt DK Sharma, Maj Gen Subrata Saha, Maj KG Krishna (from left to right)

 

Maj Gen Bobby Mathews (2nd from left)

 

Explaining the making of the book

 

My brother Atul (in tie), Journalists Sandeep Bhushan and Rajeev Ranjan

 

Blommsbury Staff who contributed to the book immensely

 

Our children Harsh and Utkarsh

 

MC Nandita Bhardwaj

 

My better Half Neha (in saree) and sister-in-law Kalyani

 

 

Gopal narrating his experience on the glacier

 

Reacting to a remark

 

Gen Malik smiling at Bana Singh’s remarks

 

Gen Katoch speaking about his command of the Siachen briogade

 

India’s only Param Vir Chakra winner on Siachen Bana Singh recounting the 1987 battle

 

Bana Singh: authentic hero

 

Getting ready to unveil the book

 

The book is relaesed

 

 

Gen VP Malik speaking

 

G. Parthasarthy explaining why Siachen can’t be given up

 

Brig VN Channa, his wife beside him, speaking for the first time in public

 

Various guests

 

A naval trio

 

Veteran journalist BG Verghese giving me a word of advice

 

Signing copies

 

 

My brother Atul, wearing tie, with the Sandip and Perveen Joshi

 

Lt Gen Vijay Narula, DG Artillery (in a tie) with Mayank Singh (r) and Col Rohan Anand, Army PRO

 

Indu Anand of BAE telling me to sign a copy for her fauji father; col Ashwini Channa standing

 

Gen Katoch’s best wishes

 

My better half Neha (centre) with Mrs Chatterjee and Kalyani

 

Gen Narula with me and my brother Atul

 

Col Rajesh engrossed in the book

 

Signing copies for our son Harsh’s friends

 

Our children Harsh (left), Utkarsh (r) and nephew Aditya with Bana Singh

 

Speaking to journalists

 

Brig Channa speaking with Neha and Mrs Kulkarni, wife of Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni who launched Op Meghdoot 30 years ago today

 

  1. April 13, 2014 -

    Enjoyed every moment of the function and meeting old friends. Met you too. Am on the first chapter but will really plough through when on a flight to Bangalore on Tuesday.