No officer arrives on a cliff face at 16,800 feet fully formed. Three institutions built K.P.R. Hari, one stage at a time — a school on the Kerala coast, an academy in the Sahyadris, and a regiment raised in the plains of Bihar.
Where the discipline, and the ambition to wear a uniform, began — long before Khadakwasla was ever on the horizon.
Three services, one campus, and E Squadron — the "PT Squadron" that built the physical toughness Hari carried onto Jubar Top.
The regiment he was commissioned into, fought for at Jubar Top, and represented for the whole of his career.