Kipling's The Eyes of Asia takes the reader on a remarkable journey
of discovery into the heart and soul of four soldiers of the Indian
Army who fought for King and the British Empire in the First World
War.Their touching stories are narrated through a series of
imagined letters written in the blood-drenched battlefields of
war-torn France and makeshift hospitals on England's coastline to
their loved ones back home in the relative peace of their villages
in India and the North-West Frontier. Kipling brings the
experiences of these uneducated Sikh, Hindu and Muslim military men
to life, weaving the horrors of a foreign war like no other with
acts of kindness arising from cultural encounters with French
farmers and British military personnel.Through unofficial access to
translations of scores of intercepted Indian Army letters, Kipling
gained an intimate understanding of the plight and humanity of men
neglected in Western literature after the War. To Kipling, they
were unsung heroes whose sacrifices had made a decisive impact on
the British war effort.
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