The making of a general

Lt Gen Shakti Gurung’s memoir, ‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling’, traces his unconventional rise in the Indian Army.

Soon to be released, ‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling’ tells the story of Lt General Shakti Gurung, the first ethnic Gorkha officer to rise to the highest command in the Indian Army. Commissioned into the Grenadiers, where Gorkhas usually do not serve, he became a Lieutenant General to command a frontline corps along the Line of Actual Control and finally retired as the Military Secretary (MS).