‘The Great War: Literary Responses in Prose and Poetry to the First World War’ by Dr Rakhshanda Jalil
“The Great War, or Jang-e-Azeem as the First World War was referred to, saw the service of over 1.3 million Indians of whom 74,000 never made it back home. For their families, the war was something they could never fathom. Soldiers from the Indian sub-continent won over 12,908 awards for bravery, including 11 Victoria Crosses.… Read more »