Gurkha Warrior Posing For Photograph
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Gurkha Warrior Posing For Photograph
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Gurkha Warrior Posing For Photograph written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Description: Gurkha warrior posing for photograph. Personal caption: "Photo of one of the famed Gurkha warriors from Nepal who fought with the Allies in World War II. Taken at Comilla, India, in 1944. Notice the famed Kukri knife, a vicious weapon, he carries in his scabbard. They were known for coming up behind Japanese sentries and beheading them." Comilla, India.
The Invisible Force
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Author : Zi Liang Chong
language : en
Publisher: Pagesetters Services
Release Date : 2018-05-07
The Invisible Force written by Zi Liang Chong and has been published by Pagesetters Services this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-07 with Travel categories.
The Gurkhas need no introduction, with their storied reputation built up over two centuries of battlefield exploits around the world. A unit of these Nepalese warriors have been serving Singapore for more than 65 years, yet precious little is known about them. Indeed, the Gurkha Contingent clashed with communists and militant unions in its early days and continues to protect the island state's most important places and people even today. Discover the untold story of the Singapore Gurkha through the eyes of different generations who carried the famed kukri blade: The rigorous, punishing training that forges elite soldiers; the family lives of these paramilitary policemen; and the lengths their sons go to follow in their fathers's footsteps. Above all, The Invisible Force reveals the loyalty and gratitude the Gurkha has for Singapore, and the struggles he and his family face upon retirement, including an unresolved request for better employment terms.
Arc Of The Gurkha
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language : en
Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
Release Date : 2014
Arc Of The Gurkha written by and has been published by Elliott & Thompson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Gurkha soldiers categories.
Alex Schlacher has accompanied the Gurkhas on operations in Afghanistan, on exercises in the Brunei jungle and Australia, and has visited all the units in the Brigade as well as retired and medically discharged Gurkhas. She has taken intimate portraits of hundreds of soldiers and heard their stories, many of which are recounted in this book. There have been other books on the Gurkhas, but none has portrayed the individual soldiers and focused about their backgrounds, lives and thoughts.
Gurkha Warriors The Inside Story Of The World S Toughest Regiment
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Author : Robert Crew
language : en
Publisher: Metro Publishing
Release Date : 2004-05-31
Gurkha Warriors The Inside Story Of The World S Toughest Regiment written by Robert Crew and has been published by Metro Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-31 with History categories.
Throughout our recent and not-so-recent history, the understated, fearless and hearty Gurkhas have served the British loyally and without complaint. For more than a hundred years, this bloodthirsty regiment has followed the British Army around the globe - from Gallipoli to the jungles of Burma in World War II, from Palestine to the Falklands and the Gulf War. This text tells the story of this regiment. It tells of the Gurkha blood running through the veins of British military conquests for more than two centuries, from the founding of the brigade by the terrifying, extraordinary Johnny Gurkha through to the amazing feats that put Gurkhas in the same distinguished company as the British Paras, the Commandos, the Guards and the Black Watch.
Warrior Gentlemen
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Author : Lionel Caplan
language : en
Publisher: Campus Verlag
Release Date : 1995
Warrior Gentlemen written by Lionel Caplan and has been published by Campus Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Study of the representation of the Gurkhas - Nepal soldiers who served in Britain's Imperial and post-Imperial armies - in Western literature, and the social/cultural contexts in which European chroniclers operated
Ayo Gorkhali
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Author : Tim I Gurung
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Release Date : 2023-03-13
Ayo Gorkhali written by Tim I Gurung and has been published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-13 with History categories.
Nepal, 1767. The tiny kingdom of Gorkha is on the ascendant under its ruler Prithvi Narayan Shah. Over the next few decades, his Gorkhali army establishes a mighty kingdom, the borders of which extend from Kangra in the west to the Teesta river in the east. The territory encompasses a large part of present-day Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and almost all of present-day Nepal and Sikkim. When they are eventually reined in by the mighty British army in 1815, it sparks off a new engagement between the imperial power and Nepal. Impressed by the fighting abilities on display, the British army begins recruiting them. The Gurkhas (the prevalent spelling today) go on to serve with distinction in many theatres of war over the next hundred-odd years, their exploits in World War I and II earning them a number of bravery medals. With Indian independence in 1947 comes further change: the Gurkhas are now split across three armies: the British, Indian and the Nepalese. Ayo Gorkhali by Tim I. Gurung, a former British Gurkha, is the first work of history by a member of the community and brings alive the story of a people who have served flags other than their own with honour, even as they have attempted to keep their native warrior traditions alive in letter and spirit. The history of the Gurkha serviceman is one that goes beyond soldiering and bravery-it is in equal measure a story of the resilient human spirit, and of a tiny community that carved for itself a niche in world history.
Tourism And Visual Culture
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Author : Peter M. Burns
language : en
Publisher: CABI
Release Date : 2010
Tourism And Visual Culture written by Peter M. Burns and has been published by CABI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Business & Economics categories.
The study of tourism as a complex social phenomenon, beyond simply business, is increasing in importance. Providing an examination of perceptions of culture and society in tourism destinations through the tourist's eyes, this book discusses how destinations were, and are, created and perceived through the 'lens' of the tourist's gaze.
Nepal S Tourism
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Author : Diwaker Chand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Nepal S Tourism written by Diwaker Chand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Tourism categories.
House Of Snow
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Author : Ellen Parnavelas
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-11
House Of Snow written by Ellen Parnavelas and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-11 with Literary Collections categories.
A ground-breaking collection of stories, poems and articles about Nepal covering the length and breadth of this enchanting nation and its people. 'If you want a book in English that tells you about Nepalese thinking, and gives a taste of the country's contemporary literature, you could hardly do better than House of Snow' Daily Telegraph 'One of the finest books I have read this year' Nudge Books 'A well-curated sliver of works that highlight the richness and variety of Nepal's literary contribution' Kathmandu Post In 2015, Sagarmatha frowned. Tectonic plates moved. A deadly earthquake devastated Nepal. In the wake of disaster, House of Snow brings together over 50 excerpts of fiction and non-fiction celebrating the breathtaking landscapes and rich cultural heritage of this fascinating country. Here are explorers and mountaineers, poets and political journalists, national treasures and international celebrities. Featuring a diverse cast of writers such as Michael Palin and Jon Krakauer, Lakshmiprasad Devko?a and Lil Bahadur Chettri – all hand-picked by well-known authors and scholars of Nepali literature including Samrat Upadhyay, Michael Hutt, Isabella Tree and Thomas Bell. House of Snow is the biggest, most comprehensive and most beautiful collection of writing about Nepal in print.
Killing For Culture
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Author : David Kerekes
language : en
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Release Date : 2016-06-03
Killing For Culture written by David Kerekes and has been published by SCB Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-03 with Performing Arts categories.
Unlike images of sex, which were clandestine and screened only in private, images of death were made public from the onset of cinema. The father of the modern age, Thomas Edison, fed the appetite for this material with staged executions on film. Little over a century later the executions are real and the world is aghast at brutalities freely available online at the click of a button. Some of these films are created by lone individuals using shaky camera phones: Luka Magnotta, for instance, and the teenagers known as the Dnipropetrovsk maniacs. Others are shot on high definition equipment and professionally edited by organized groups, such as the militant extremists ISIS. KILLING FOR CULTURE explores these images of death and violence, and the human obsession with looking — and not looking — at them. Beginning with the mythology of the so-called ‘snuff’ film and its evolution through popular culture, this book traces death and the artifice of death in the ‘mondo’ documentaries that emerged in the 1960s, and later the faux snuff pornography that found an audience through Necrobabes and similar websites. However, it is when videos depicting the murders of Daniel Pearl and Nick Berg surfaced in the 2000s that an era of genuine atrocity commenced, one that has irrevocably changed the way in which we function as a society.