The Nanda Devi Affair

by Bill Aitken

distinguishing the true mountain lover from the mechanical; the one drawn by the lure of aesthetic satisfaction, the other driven by the mass demand for statistics with their sheep-like acclaim for physical priority.

The untamed nature of the rolling hillscapes injects a needed transfusion of blood into the urbanite’s watery diet of artificial response.

One of the least admitted aspects of the caste system is that those it demeans most seem to harbour amidst their antagonism a secret hope of inclusion.