Mark Tully, the celebrated BBC journalist and one of the most perceptive chroniclers of India, died earlier this month. Long before he became synonymous with nuanced, empathetic reporting on the country, Tully had already formed a personal bond with it, spending five formative years of his childhood in Darjeeling during the Second World War. I…
Hill Cart Chronicles–Post #1 As part of my ongoing research into Siliguri’s past and present, I recently visited Siliguri Town Station—the original railhead that once marked the beginning of this town’s story. Accompanying me was Raj Basu, or Rajda, as many of us fondly call him. A phenomenal figure in the field of tourism and…
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How many of you can boast to have been driven around in an Ambassador car in the UK? I don’t think there are too many of you out there. I was purely lucky. I had first heard of Adrian Shooter (in picture above) and his garden railway about 10 years ago in my hometown Siliguri,…
Anuradha Sharma 