{"id":10869,"date":"2026-01-24T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/?post_type=product&p=10869"},"modified":"2026-01-24T13:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:00:47","slug":"77-shades-of-green-the-story-of-a-wing-commander-who-defied-all-odds","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/product\/77-shades-of-green-the-story-of-a-wing-commander-who-defied-all-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"77 SHADES OF GREEN: THE STORY OF A WING COMMANDER WHO DEFIED ALL ODDS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About the Author<\/h3>\n

K M Vijayan is an Indian Air Force veteran, an entrepreneur, a motivational speaker, a world traveller and an author. His love of stories\u2014both reading and sharing\u2014is something he has carried with him since he was a child. He calls Bangalore home when he is not away on one of his many travels. Vijayan is a proud husband, father and grandfather, and a friend to many. A witness and participant of many of the most important moments in India\u2019s history since her Independence, Vijayan\u2019s book 77 Shades of Green is a testimony to those moments and more. This is his first book. The author can be contacted at\u00a0vijayettan@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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About the Book<\/h3>\n

77 SHADES OF GREEN is about fortitude, resilience and defiance. An incredible true story of a Wing Commander from pre-Independent India till today. This unique and fast-paced autobiography of hope and optimism gives first hand information about the 1962 Indo-China War and the 1965 & 1971 India-Pakistan conflicts. Wing Commander Vijayan\u2019s book chronicles the events starting from early 1940s, the birth and evolution of modern India and the Indian Air Force. Written in a distinctive style, this book offers a rich insight into the experiences of a person who lived through the decades of changes that defined a nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[79,69,71],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10869","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-biographies","product_cat-new-arrivals","product_cat-non-fiction","pa_book-author-wg-cdr-k-m-vijayan","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10869"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}