"The shells are pouring like rain in the monsoon." That single line, taken from a letter written by an Indian soldier stationed on the Western Front during World War One, tells you more about the scale and surreal horror of the Great War than any general’s memoirs or official communique. Yet, despite the poignancy of such words, the voices of these men—1.3 million strong—have largely faded from the historical narrative. They were the Indian soldiers of WW1 : brave, bewildere