Book Review: Blood on my hands by Kishalay Bhattacharjee
Every once in a while along comes a book which will completely turn your world upside down. For an ordinary Indian, this is one such book. The author, a long time reporter, gives a vivid and horrifying account of the fake encounter 'industry' which has cropped in the army in all the conflict areas of india, specially in North East. For promotion, for money, for bosses, for smuggling, for awards....Indian citizens (and poor immigrants) are being murdered most ingloriously by members of one of the most revered institutions in India: The Army! For most Indians this is the most horrible shock, incl for ppl like me who come from army families. We grew up with images of duty, sacrifice, patriotism...not murder. Most of the book is a confessional: an anonymous army officer who confesses the army's 'illegal business' to the journalist: cases, units, dates, motives. Many books have been written on fake encounters, but its an ode to Bhattacharjee's excelle