Book Review – Into the High Ranges
Publishers: Penguin Books
Pages: 239
Into the high ranges is a collection of short stories of travelling into the mountains written by various authors and edited by Ravina Aggarwal. The book contains many interesting stories – some about people going into the mountains to explore them, some of them living there and many more journeys with many more purpose.
The collection notably includes stories from Jamling Tenzing Norgay, son of Tenzing Norgay attempting to climb Mt Everest, Ruskin Bond’s romancing with the alpine trees, Allan Sealy’s short write-up which includes stories on terrifying leeches.
The stories cover many aspects which includes travelling into the mountains of India all the way from South to North, environment issues, culture and anthropology of people of the mountains. The book offers an excellent collection of stories and is worth a read for anyone with faintest interest in travelling and life in the mountains.