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Diya Gupta explores the emotional responses of Indian soldiers and civilians to the Second World War <\/p>

By Ellie Cawthorne\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 18 August 2023 at 06:46 AM<\/p>

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Around 2.5 million Indian soldiers fought in the Second World War. Behind this staggering number lies a complex web of emotional experiences \u2013 and Diya Gupta unpicks that tangled web in her new book, India in the Second World War: An Emotional History. Diya speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about how both Indian soldiers and civilians back home felt about the war, and how the conflict impacted on their lives.<\/p>\n\n

Diya Gupta is the author of India in the Second World War: An Emotional History<\/em> (Hurst, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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