Between Heaven and Earth : Writings on the Indian Hills

Description‘What is it about the hills that draws us to them again and again?’ asks oneof the editors of this collection. In these pages, over forty writers—from adaughter of the Tagore family and a British colonial officer in the 19th century,to a young poet and an Adivasi daily-wage worker in the 21st century—showus what the many reasons could Green hillsides glowing in the sun; thescent of pine and mist; the wind soughing in the deodars; the song of thewhistling thrush; a ritual of worship; a picnic, a party, an illicit affair. Theyshow us, too, the complex histories of hill stations built for the Raj andreshaped in free India; the hardship and squalor behind the beauty; the mixedblessings of progress.Rich in deep experience and lyrical expression, and containing some stunningimages of the hills, Between Heaven and Earth is a glorious collection puttogether by two of India’s finest writers, both with a lifelong connectionwith the hills. Among the writers you will read in it—who write on thehills in almost every region of India—are Rumer Godden, Rabindranathand Abanindranath Tagore, Emily Eden, Francis Younghusband, Jim Corbett,Jawaharlal Nehru, Khushwant Singh, Keki Daruwalla, and of course thetwo editors themselves. Together, they make this a book that you will keepreturning to for years to come.