Ours Not to Reason Why

Brig. R. R. Palsokar

Genre: Novel, Pages: 274, binding: paperback, ISBN No.-978-93-82070-70-2

The IPKF intervention in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka from 1987 to 1990 was controversial from start to finish. What was it like for those who had to fight there? Brigadier Palsokar's account describes this from the perspective of a field commander on the ground at the sharp end. His story is about jawans and their young leaders, always at the front, always involved, where courage, devotion to duty and the joys and travails of front line soldiering permeate every page. Whether the IPKF intervention was just and whether it achieved the aims set out for it, are not concerns of those who fought and gave their lives. Theirs was not to reason why. Meet the unsung Indian jawan at his very best, acting in the service of the nation.