You see it first from the air as you fly low into Dehradun airport ... hundreds of coloured specs of varying hues, scattered in a random pattern across the green fields. They're houses and they make a brilliant contrast to the decaying brown and grey tones of the ones seen in Kolkata. As l disembarked the scene was of the Himalayan foothills which surround Dehradun, the suns glow low in the sky behind them. What a perfect and peaceful way to be introduced to this mountain ar

At a glance she seemed to be 5 or 6 years old. Wearing a brightly patterned dress and sleeping peacefully on the makeshift, cloth bed in a corner of the airport car park, her small legs were casually crossed at the ankles, showing the pinkish soles of her bare feet. She was completely relaxed and oblivious to the surrounding 3am noises and passing traffic, confirming that this was a common rather than an exceptional occurrence for her. I wondered if her parents worked at the

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