amlanroychowdhury

I was born in Jalpaiguri in the year 1961. During that time Jalpaiguri was the only town then which had a commiserate where this town had an income tax commissioner. From my grandfather, I use to hear about places like Lataguri, Odlabari, Madarihat and so on and my mother would say that one must visit these places as they are nothing less than heaven on earth. I was too young and small then and never felt the need to visit these places as I was happy to be with my grandparents. Leaving me with my grandparents my mother and father went to Garumara forest but it made no difference to me then. Then came 2009 when I was by then well placed as a flyer in Air India and got into the intoxicating hobby of photography. I went to various places, the Himalayas being one and the forests being the other. In 2017, by now I had a group of likeminded colleagues, and we visited the DOOARS. As soon as we crossed the Sevak Bridge and my vehicle turned right onwards to lataguri I remembered ...