Akhil Bakshi and Kabir Khan on 'The Forgotten Army', in Tibet

From the archive record

Akhil Bakshi, Leader of Azad Hind Expedition. He says, "I have been involved in a lot of adventure activities in 1994 while I was leading the expedition through central Asia and Tibet somebody asked me about my plans to do for the next expedition and he only suggested that we undertake the Azad Hind expedition so this started working in my mind. The spirit of the expedition was to acknowledge the sacrifices which were made by the soldiers of the INA and after 50 years it was only fit and proper that the younger generation of Indians born after independence acknowledge with one heart and one voice the sacrifices which were made by the INA so I think we were able to capture the spirit and refresh the national memory. There is no fun in an expedition if you don't have any problem and the majo