If I Have To Be A Soldier by Nikhil J. Alva is a story of two long-lost friends in the backdrop of 1966’s Mizo National Front(MNF) uprising and their armed rebellion. The author blends facts and fiction, history and imagination and shows how the negligence of the people in power can lead to a change in life, thoughts, psychology and thus, the ideology of the people. Read the review to know more.