📍New Delhi | 14 Apr, 2025, 4:03 PM
Cantonment Conspiracy: The first book of General M.M. Narvane, the former Army of the Indian Army is in a considerable discussion on these days. While this is not their first book. His first book was named ‘Four Stars of Destiny’, which he shared the memorization of his military life. But this book is trapped in disputes only before it came to the market and has yet been waiting for the approval of the Ministry of Defence. But his first installment that comes to the market is the name ‘Cantonment Conspiracy’, is a fictional marder mistress, based on a cantonment of the Indian Army and based on the background of 2026. The brave officer of NDA’s first female cadet batch in this fictional story is Renuka Khatri in the role of the chief character. He also made an interesting prediction during the launching of the book. He said that India got a female Army Chief after 44 years.
Cantonment Conspiracy: Lady Afser's Ir-Garden Strolls Story
The story of ‘Cantonment Conspiracy’ revolves around the two young military officers of the Lieutenant Rohit Verma and the Lieutenant Renuka Khatri, which has been deployed in a quiet and old Cantonment area of Western Uttar Pradesh. Here everything goes well, only if a woman is attacked in a mess party. Sarah Shak goes on Rohit, but Renuka takes the base of the matter to the fold. But as Renuka goes to the folding, the new secrets in the story and a Merder Mistry begins to come up. Now this case becomes not just an attack, but a hidden murder. This story is something that will force you to think every moment and what will happen next.
Explained- How an Army Chief Can Write Fiction
Recently in the India International Centre of Delhi, when the new book of General Narvane was released, there was an eagerness to find out how an army could prescribe major fiction? Can one become a writer of Merder Mistry? "Why do we write a serius and non-fiction" answered by General himself in the program? Sometimes there may be some light, romantic and fun too. "" He told that every man has a story inside. "I am telling stories around life. This book is just a new form of the same. "All of them smiling and smiling with their wife Veena Narvane on this point.
All inside a story, just write must be courageous
"Many of the experiences of my life are seen in this book," said General Narvane. We all have a story inside, just need the courage to write it. "" He also said that the merit of the fiction is that you can open up your imagination in it without any accountability. This book also covers their experiences, which they spent during their postings in the turbulent areas like Manipur, Nagaland, J&K during service in the Army.
Video | Delhi: Here’s what former Army Chief General (Retd) Manoj Naravane© Copyright - 2017 ManojNaravane. All rights reserved.) said on his debut fiction book, "The Cantonment Conspiracy."
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— Press Trust of India April 12, 2019
Cantonment Conspiracy: Selected character from real life
When he asked what the biggest challenge was in writing a book, General told that it was not easy to correct the time of the story and the rank of the characters, so that everything seems real. In addition, choosing the name of the characters was also a staircase. General Narvane also reported that many names and characters used in the book also match the names of those found during their military service. As the name of the commandant in the book is ‘Madon Verma’, two of his old commanding officers resemble the names of Madan Das and Nm Verma. He laughed, "No one was intended to please, not to be angry. ""
Cantonment Conspiracy: The book had gone several times for the Academy
Interestingly, General Narvane has tried to outline the participation of women through the female heroine of his book. Let’s say that the Atihasic initiative was taken in the Army for women’s entry. He told that in this decision he also helped Retired Airforce and Nevy Chief Marshal RKS Bhaduria and Admiral Karmbier Singh. "We had visited the Academy several times to see what the preparations are getting for the training of female cadets. ""
Real root economic inequality of struggle
Although ‘Cantonment Conspiracy’ has been introduced as a fictional military thriller, its layers also have a glimpse of social and political issues. In a conversation with the Churchit journalist Suhas Borker and journalist Azlanjana Banerjee, General Narvane acknowledged that issues such as employment in the book, emerging tension in Bangladesh and social heterogeneity have also been touched. "Not just guns and uniforms, the real root of the struggle is often lacking economic inequality and opportunities. ""
कभी तख्तापलट में शामिल नहीं रही भारतीय सेना
इस दौरान जनरल नरवणे ने भारतीय सेना की लोकतांत्रिक परंपरा पर भी चर्चा की। उन्होंने इस बात पर गर्व जताया कि भारतीय सेना, उपमहाद्वीप की अन्य सेनाओं विशेषकर पाकिस्तान की सेना के उलट, कभी तख्तापलट में शामिल नहीं रही है। उन्होंने स्पष्ट कहा, “हमारी सेना अपने दायित्वों को जानती है और सरकार के आदेशों का पालन करती है।”
उन्होंने बताया कि मणिपुर, नागालैंड और जम्मू-कश्मीर जैसे उग्रवाद प्रभावित इलाकों में तैनाती के दौरान उन्होंने महसूस किया कि अधिकतर विवादों की तह में सामाजिक-आर्थिक असंतुलन छिपा होता है। उन्होंने कहा, “जब आप गहराई से अध्ययन करते हैं, तो पाते हैं कि ज्यादातर अशांति की जड़ कहीं न कहीं अर्थव्यवस्था से जुड़ी होती है।”
सम्मान के नाम पर गलत चीजों को छिपाना ठीक नहीं
जनरल नरवणे ने कहा, “मैं जानता हूं कि मेरी पहली किताब शायद मेरे नाम के कारण ज्यादा बिकेगी, लेकिन अगर लोगों को इसकी कहानी पसंद आती है तो मैं आगे और भी फिक्शन लिखने के लिए तैयार हूं, जरूरी नहीं कि वह मर्डर मिस्ट्री हो, वह एक कॉमेडी भी हो सकती है।” वहीं, किताब में फौजी अनुशासन, सम्मान और ईमानदारी की झलक भी पढ़ने को दिखती है। जनरल नरवणे ने कहा, “सम्मान के नाम पर गलत चीजों को छिपाना ठीक नहीं। सच को सामने लाना जरूरी है।”
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अपनी आत्मकथा ‘Four Stars of Destiny’ को लेकर कही ये बात
इस दौरान उनकी आत्मकथा ‘Four Stars of Destiny’ का जिक्र भी हुआ, जो अभी तक रक्षा मंत्रालय की मंजूरी के इंतजार में है। जनरल नरवणे ने हल्के-फुल्के अंदाज में कहा, “वो किताब तो पुरानी शराब की तरह है। जितना समय बीतेगा, उतनी कीमती होती जाएगी!”
कार्यक्रम के आखिर में जब एक छोटे बच्चे ने उनसे पूछा कि सेना में कैसे जाएं, तो जनरल नरवणे ने मुस्कराते हुए जवाब दिया, “खूब सब्जियां खाओ और मोबाइल से बाहर निकलकर मैदान में खेलो।” जनरल नरवणे ने यह भी कहा कि सेना में शामिल होने का फैसला दिल से होना चाहिए, न कि माता-पिता या दोस्तों के दबाव में।
