The 24th Mile: An Indian Doctor's Heroism in War-torn Burma
About this ebook
Duty-bound, he decides to stay back and join the war effort, working tirelessly to quell a cholera epidemic. Under relentless attack, the army falls back towards the Indian border, where Jehangir suffers an ambush, losing all he has to rogues at gunpoint. Now he is just one of thousands crawling their way up and down the 5,000-foot-high, jungle-clad mountains of Assam, his body ravaged by malaria, dysentery, blood-sucking leeches and starvation.
In The 24th Mile, Tehmton S. Mistry, part of the next generation of Jehangir's larger family, evocatively recreates the story of his grit and heroism in his death-defying journey to safety.
About the author
Born and raised in Mumbai, Tehmton S. Mistry met his wife in St. Xavier's College. Her uncle, Dr Jehangir Anklesaria, was integral to the couple's early years. They moved to America for post graduate medical studies in the early 1970s, where Tehmton started practice as an obstetrician and gynaecologist. The couple settled in St. Louis, where they currently reside.
