Former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Nirmal Chander Vij releases his new book

A new book by the former Indian Army Chief Gen. Nirmal Chander Vij (Retd) Claims to present a “complete picture” of the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir and the way forward. The book published by HarperCollins India, the book of General Vij, The riddle of “Kashmir: the quest for peace in a troubled land”.

In the book, General Vij argues that the conflicts in post-Partition Jammu and Kashmir are “symptoms of India-Pakistan rivalry”, and contextualizes the issue by beginning the book with a summary of the region’s history. General Vij had been Director General of Military Operations during the Kargil War. After his retirement in 2005, he was founding vice president of the National Disaster Management Authority and director of the think tank Vivekananda India Foundation.