Who is the Typical Garhwali?
The sudden crop of urbane books on Garhwal have brought forth strident criticism from certain locals, indignant at outsiders daring to say more about this neglected corner of the Himalaya. For some reason, Japanese, American and German writers who have produced picture books on Kashmir, Nepal and Sikkim never got around to doing justice to Uttarakhand. Three Indian names have now completed the panorama, the photographers Gurmeet Thukral and Ashok Dilwali and the well known author Ruskin Bond.
The sudden crop of urbane books on Garhwal have brought forth strident criticism from certain locals, indignant at outsiders daring to say more about this neglected corner of the Himalaya. For some reason, Japanese, American and German writers who have produced picture books on Kashmir, Nepal and Sikkim never got around to doing justice to Uttarakhand. Three Indian names have now completed the panorama, the photographers Gurmeet Thukral and Ashok Dilwali and the well known author Ruskin Bond.