Readomania is excited to announce the acquisition of the worldwide publishing rights to Ex Army Officer Ankita Srivastava's Memoir about her life in the Army. The book will hit the stores in 2022.
Ankita Srivastava joined the Officers Training Academy and became an Army Officer when the Jawans did not know how to react/respond to women officers. With inimitable humour, she brings to the readers a narrative of how she served the nation, even as the ARMY beautifully warmed up to their progressive step of inducting women in the Indian Army.
Srivastava comes from a traditional family in Allahabad that could never imagine a career for women, let alone a career that was a male bastion. Her memoir is a tale of grit and determination that can inspire many more to dream big.
Srivastava says, 'I promise to all readers that once you finish reading this book you will start believing in your own potential and will start living by the mandate that nothing is impossible in life!'
An ordinary-looking, below-average student born in a lower-middle-class family dreamt big. Her inspiration--Kiran Bedi and her televised biography, Udaan. Slowly and steadily she followed her dreams to become a sportsperson, debater, poet and the first girl from Allahabad to get selected in the Indian Army. She commanded the men in uniform in drill, PT, parade, and led them to assist in Operation Kargil and Operation Parakaram. Having walked through the deadliest areas and having been trained to fire all types of weapons ranging from a pistol, AK-56, Carbines, LMGs, to even Rocket launchers, and hand grenades during her military training days, the tough lady officer made a mark by being a pioneer in every unexplored arena she entered into.
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