Carrots, Cabbages, and Hungry School Boys: visit to the old boarding house.
November 20th 2007 In the late morning hours I am finally on my way up towards the Arani Mansion. It has been 22 years since we left Ooty, India's "queen of hill-stations." In the crisp cold air and bright Ooty sunshine, I walk up the hill pass the old college, the large playing field, and the famous stone house, the first house constructed by the British.
As I get closer I take the detour along a windy path
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