Discover a fascinating and remote part of India through this unusual introduction to the countryside, people, and customs.

Newly married, the author and his wife went to teach English at a newly established university in north-eastern India. During their four years there, they made many friends, getting to know some unique features of the countryside, as well as the tribal culture of the locals who were fast modernizing.

These memoirs try to vividly communicate, their experiences, discoveries, and disappointments. So here is a somewhat unusual introduction to the Khasi Hills, its people, and those years, which should interest everyone who wishes to discover more about a fascinating part of India that is still too little known.