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R = Indian officer serving with British forces A = People from his village in southern India. F = Letter to his parents T = about the tough living conditions and the horrors of war

Background Information Name: Karthik Krishnan Age: 27 years old Karthik Krishnan is from village of Lulu in southern India. He attended university at Cambridge at England. He is married and he is also a Hindu. He has been serving in the army as a lieutenant for three years. He is currently fighting against the German armies in the borders between Germany and France.

Dear Mother and Father

I currently write this letter from the trench somewhere in eastern France. I cannot divulge my exact location because due to security concerns. However I want to reassure you that I am still alive and fairly healthy. I really miss the scent and the sights of the Lulu village because I am surrounded constantly by the scent of the death and gunpowder. I feel sick everyday. It seems that small gains and losses of this wretched land are point less. I am not able to get much sleep every night. I am always awake and exhausted. I eat, I sleep, I fight in human excrement. I feel hatred toward the both the German and British forces because British treat us as a dog. We are always the first one to be sacrificed and we are the first one to lead the trench. Currently 10 percent of my regiment remains, the rest have been killed in combat. The Germans started this mass. They were the first to start this brutal war. Their actions were the cause of the war. It seems that this war is endless. I apologize and this may sound bad but I have a feeling that I would die here. In case I do I leave all my possessions to my brother Patal. Please tell Vidia that I love her. I hope I can write another letter soon please write me, I would like to know anything about home.

Son Karthik