Captain MNR Samant is a recipient of India's second-highest gallantry award, the Maha Vir Chakra, for conspicuous gallantry in the face of enemy fire during the 1971 India-Pakistan War. Sandeep Unnithan is an executive editor with India Today where he writes on security-related issues. He is the author of Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11. Books by Sandeep Unnithan Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 Operation X: The Untold Story of India's Covert Naval War in East Pakist an