For this episode, we revisit India in the form of another short story I wrote about our travels backpacking round the world, with then wife and then 11-year old son, in 2016, for almost the whole year. It’s set in the hills of Karnataka, and it's called You Do Not Need A Guide.

This story has been on my mind to read for you for a while now, but I’ve been pushed to move it up the timeline because of the covid crisis convulsing India right now. In the intro to this episode, I talk a little about the India I came to know and love that year, however brief the experience, and how much I yearn to go back there.

Referenced in this episode:

Kolkata Calcutta by Finn Reilly with foreword by Tony Fletcher

Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe

New York Times Daily podcast: Inside India's Coronavirus Crisis

Honey Valley estate

Music used in this episode

Deep Karnataka by DubRaJah

Night In India by Shamil Evenheim

Little India by Les Cartes Postales

Delaymania by Noel Fletcher

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