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The Battle of RosesHarish Kapadia has forgotten about Siachen than most people know He has comprehensively covered its history and exploration to which he has been a major contributor His chapters neatly fit into each other and dovetail the conflict with the geography and exploration of the Region The Author brings out the sheer magnitude of the fight for survival by the soldier and the horrendous casualties suffered year after year In the end he cries out for saving the pristine nature of the Glacier and an end to hostilities by offering a solution in the nature of a peace park He writes well and with conviction More power to Harish and his ilk English

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 About the AuthorEditor of The Himalayan Journal recipient of the Patron s Medal of the Royal Geographical society and honorary member of the British Alpine Club Harish Kapadia has skilfully combined historical geographical and practical guidance to increase our understanding of the Himalayan region through fifteen books and numerous articles In the four decades of his mountaineering career he has climbed than thirty Himalayan peaks many of them first ascents As an expedition leader he had initiated several joint expeditions with climbers from the United Kingdom France Japan and the United States to explore the Indian Himalayas Siachen Glacier.