Unforgettable Kalimpong by Monila De
Kalimpong was flooded with foreigners in the early fifties when China was invading Tibet. This sudden influx of foreign nationals led Pandit Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, to announce that Kalimpong was a 'Nest of Spies'. The author, a school girl then, got the opportunity to meet and know these colourful foreigners and wrote about her interactions with them. She spent her happy childhood in pristine Kalimpong, a child's paradise, in the company of several illustrious and famous characters. There were princes, princesses, writers, poets, academics, and scholars as well as simple ordinary people such as ayahs, servants, and locals. The author enjoyed her school days and has written about the teachers, nuns, and all the pranks she played at school in her book, Unforgettable Kalimpong. All her childhood experiences prompted her to write these stories, all through which runs a vein of humour bringing the characters to life.
Monila De was born in Calcutta and came to live in Kalimpong as a little girl. She spent most of her life in Kalimpong. The most memorable years of her life, her childhood, was spent in her beloved home, Monjula. This house, her paradise, was burnt down during the Gorkhaland agitation which left her heartbroken. In this book, she has vividly recorded her childhood experiences right from the British Raj to the late fifties. All these stories have been published in leading newspapers and magazines. She is an avid traveller and has visited almost every country in the world but cannot think of living anywhere else but in enchanting Kalimpong.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781643246628 |
| ISBN 10 | 1643246623 |
| Title | Unforgettable Kalimpong |
| Author | Monila De |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Notion Press, Inc. |
| Year published | 2018-06-28 |
| Number of pages | 278 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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