The Girls in Green

Book excerpt: Four girls. One uniform. One dream. Set in the Officers' Training Academy, this is the story Of Bijli Bijarnia aka Billi, the girl with feline grace and lightning-fast ref lexes, determined to tear through the social taboos of Haryana hinterland from where she hails. Of Lakmenlang Zyiem aka Lakme from Shillong, the optimistic law graduate who is the first Khasi girl to join the academy. Of Shiny Joseph from Kottayam, who only joins the academy to be near her boyfriend but finds herself pitted against him more often than not. Of Nutan Patil aka Nutty from Jalna, the mimic, the incurable romantic, the effervescent drama queen. The Girls in Green is a story not only about soaring ambition and punishing military regimens, but also about gratifying rewards and the joys of friendship.