Dehradun, Sept. 28 -- Phillip Thornton

By: Ganesh Saili

'With due respect..' There was a pause. Then followed the question, and instinctively, I knew a curve ball was coming my way as he added: 'Sir, why are you always writing with nostalgia about the history of Landour and Mussoorie? Have you ever discovered anything new? Or are you just another one chained to the past?'

That question begs an answer.

Yes! Over the years, I have found treasures lying deep, trapped in the murky waters of time. I saw Jack Gibson's Wilson coins, and discovered that Gen. Dyer's widow once owned Vincent Hill; that the Jharipani bat was the world's tiniest bat; and that Maharaja Daleep Singh, son of the Lion of the Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Lahore...