New Year in the Nilgiris

Hill stations evoke a great degree of nostalgia even for those who have never lived in them

Happy New Year to all of you, my wonderful paid subscribers. I would like to apologise for not writing anything here in November and December 2022. I will make sure that each and every one of you gets a two-month extension to your subscription.

Escaping the toxic air of Bombay, I find myself in Coonoor, a town of 45,000-odd residents at an altitude of 1,…