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Full Description
Truckbahone McMahone, originally published in Bengali in 1984, is a humorous travelogue of the author's journey across north-east India on a truck, all the way to the border between India and China called the McMahon Line. This first-person narrative organized around over fifty chapters, captures the details of her encounters with countless ordinary individuals, their reactions to a middle-aged woman's solo road trip and extraordinary incidents that happen along the way. It begins with the author's visit to a literary event in Jorhat in Assam, one of the states of the north-east and goes on to trace her journey from there to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, which is just south of the McMahon Line. Funny at times, reflective at others, this work underlines the way travel features as an avenue to liberation in the writings of many women.
Contents
Prologue
Taking the Flight
The Book of the Gathering
The Book of the Forest
The Book of Kaziranga
Dark Shadows in the Forest
The Great Brahmaputra
Jeep Babu
For The Sheer Joy of It
Who Wants to Cross Over?
A Heart Filled with Light
The Book of Preparation
The Inner Line
Enter the Dragon
Never Shall I Leave You, My Love
If My Best Efforts Go Unanswered
I Must Go, I Must Go
Mr Sen and Mrs Sen
Elephant! Cheetah! Jackal!
Madras Hotel
Late at Night, a Sliver Moon
Funeroo Coming Your Way Tonight
The Night Leaves Us Behind
Wake Up, Miss Muffet
Fikar Not
Of Man and Trout
Nuruanang Inn
Caught in the Heartless Beams
Andhe kinare andhe rate jaayen toh jaayen kahan
One, Two, Three, Four, There's the Bed, There's the Door
First Day, First Light
Hello, Mrs Lalwani
Tawang Gompa
Ani-Gompa
The Inimical Number Three
Beyond Reach
STD!
The Return Journey
Lama Mia!
Do Not Go into the Dark, Girl
Now That's a Feast
The Land of Draupadi
Room within a Room
Who's There? Who's There?
The Birds, They Are Singing
In Every Life, in Every Generation, Endlessly
Breakfast Is Ready
The Picture-maker
A Hudred Miles a Hundred Miles
Twilight in the Afternoon
Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai
Dwa Suparna
About the Author and the Translator
