Inveterate Walkers, Literary Minds - Bengal’s Pilgrims and Their Himalayan Journeys

Inveterate Walkers, Literary Minds makes visible the writings of Bengal’s travellers (mostly pilgrims) who went, on foot, into Himalayan trails from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It traces the emergent subjectivities of the men and women who wrote both ordinary travel accounts and reflective self-writing.