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Gurkha
- Better to Die than Live a Coward: My Life in the Gurkhas
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Military & War
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Publisher's Summary
In the summer of 2006, Colour-Sargeant Kailash Limbu's platoon was sent to relieve and occupy a police compound in the town of Now Zad in Helmand. He was told to prepare for a 48-hour operation.
In the end he and his men were under siege for 31 days - one of the longest such sieges in the whole of the Afghan campaign. Kailash Limbu recalls the terrifying and exciting details of those 31 days - in which they killed an estimated 100 Taliban fighters - and intersperses them with the story of his own life as a villager from the Himalayas. He grew up in a place without roads or electricity and didn't see a car until he was 15.
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- Alex
- 04-09-2016
A great insight
A great insight about Gurkhas and the role they have with the British army. Defiantly worth reading!
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- Ujwal B.
- 15-05-2018
Not well narrated.
The story is ok, but editing was not good. Also narrated with a wrong accent and names and places are pronounced incorrectly. The person narrating the book should have learner how to pronounce Nepalese names and places correctly before recording.
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- Peakbagger
- 27-12-2020
Britsh Mercenary Soldiers From Nepal
This was a very interesting and well-written book. I have always been curious about them and their training. This story is about how a person from Nepal who applies to get into the British Gurka selection leading up to becoming a Gurka. Kailash Limbu chronicles his combat against the enemy in Afghanistan. I was hoping to find something about the Gurka fighting the Japanese during WW II, but this book is strictly a modern work. I found it interesting that as Kailash Limbu was being accepted into the Gurkas that he had received a number of marriage proposals. I assume this has something to do with the money should they die while in the Gurkas or received a retirement. I had once read that when a Gurka dies in the service of the British Crown, their family would receive $100,000.00. So there must be some motivation. And probably today it must be a larger sum. My impression has been that they were shock troops, people who fight their way in like Army Rangers or US Marines. I could see they are a highly disciplined, highly trained, and highly reliable fighting force. When the British send them in, the British mean business.
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- Sugar
- 29-10-2016
Ayo Gurkhali
I have read many books on the Gurkhas and this was a refreshing change to read it in a serving Gurkhas words. This is a book I will read again. I would be pleased if Kailash was to write a follow on volume.
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- Jerry G
- 02-12-2017
Must be read to understand the dedication
Thought provoking and humbling. These men are a credit to themselves and their country. The insight through the eyes of a true warrior and a great man is fascinating. The next day you think you are having a bad day at the office, listen to the last three chapters of this book and then realise how lucky you are.
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- TrishDS
- 09-05-2018
The Best and Most Interesting Book.
I don't normally read/listen to either autobiographical or biographical books. I am still not sure what made me pick this one. However, the life of Colour Sergeant Kailash Limbu and his time in Afghanistan is truly interesting and full of humour. One does not need to have an interest in the Army to appreciate the book: just curiosity. Why not try it?
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- David
- 29-08-2017
A true hero
I am so glad this story is told.
I thank people like the author for sharing their lives and look after us and keep us safe.
A good read, a few incites into his life and journey to the Gurkhas. This book does show the human side of members of the army and how much the people in charge and the officers care about the welfare of the people in their command.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-09-2018
Excellent
I really enjoyed the book, a great insight into Gurkha life. An honest and personal account that can only increase the readers respect .
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- MR
- 13-08-2018
Brilliant
A great insight into the Gurkas. Really interesting and gripping from start to finish. Excellent!
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- Daniel Andrews
- 07-07-2017
ghurka meets durka durka
great insight into who the gurkhas are and what they're all about - gutted the book finished. the taliban are a bunch of Jaaartaaaa!
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- Lacey
- 14-06-2017
Excellent
Excellent. It had me gripped all the way through. i could not stop listening to it
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- Nigel
- 07-05-2017
Good recollection
If you could sum up Gurkha in three words, what would they be?
Well read biopic
What was one of the most memorable moments of Gurkha?
Gaz! Great group of men.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
All of them
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Same as the book - Better to Die than Live a Coward: My Life in the Gurkhas
Any additional comments?
None
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- Anonymous User
- 23-01-2021
Insightful and thrilling
This is a very good audiobook which is well performed. Great insight of the experience of Nowzad in 2006 through the eyes of a British Gurkha NCO
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