THE HIMALAYAN BEACON [BEACON ONLINE] EXCLUSIVE BY JYOTI THAPA MANI Jemadar Baghbir Gurung The Officers mess of an army unit is a hallowed area where amongst the silver and crystal, hang portraits of decorated great Officers of the past. But a feisty Commanding Officer decided to break the rules of the ‘Reserved for Officers’ tradition. He placed a portrait of a Gorkha Johnny in the Officers Mess where he believed the soldier rightly deserved to be. The soldier’s name was J