Srinagar, July 18 -- There have been numerous written and unwritten accounts of India's first-ever televised war, commonly referred to as the Kargil War. However, rarely do any of these manuscripts shed light on the human side of India's contemporary war tragedy. 'The Kargil War Surgeon's Testimony' (Bloomsbury) by the Indian Army's Dr Arup Ratan Basu focuses on the human story of the war as experienced by a doctor. Dr Basu had brought a notebook from the Kargil town bazaar to note his experiences during his stay in Kargil, and despite his gruelling work at the hospital, he managed to note most of the important events of the war. In December 1998, Dr Basu qualified as a surgeon in the Indian Army Medical Corps and was immediately sent to ...