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Some daughters grow up holding their father’s hand. Others grow up holding their memories. In Olive Green Diaries, Praggu brings to life the quietly powerful journey of a soldier’s daughter — from a seven-year-old lighting a candle beside an empty chair, to a woman learning to say goodbye all over again. Told through a series of deeply personal diary entries, this novel travels through ages, emotions, and echoes — of uniforms that smelled of courage, medals hidden in drawers, phone calls cut short, and goodbyes whispered at railway stations. Each chapter is not just a memory, but a love letter — to her father in olive green, to her mother’s quiet strength, and to every child who ever learned to smile through longing. A story of silence, strength, and the kind of love that stands at the gate, watching… waiting… and never breaking.