The author is a 78 year old infantry veteran of the Indian Army. He retired as a Colonel after 30 years of service. He has participated in 1965 war in Jammu and Kashmir and 1971 liberation of Bangladesh. He has also undertaken counter insurgency operations in the North East. He has been an instructor at the Infantry School and the College of Combat. Revenge at Bleak House and other stories is a result of motivation by his daughter who discovered two years ago that her father and Charles Dickens share their birthdays.
