The beautiful hill district of Darjeeling has been in the throes of political uncertainty for several decades now. Mr. CR Rai, a retired administrator with rich experience who also led his political outfit after resigning from service, had access to some of the prime political actors and events at the height of the Gorkhaland agitation and brought his unique perspective on the issue in this unusually interesting book. Darjeeling: The Unhealed Wound discusses the people and circumstances responsible for creating political uncertainty. There are fascinating insights into the roles played by the local leaders and the main players as well as Dr BC Roy and Shri Vallabhai Patel in determining Darjeeling’s post-independence position. What influence did Nepal have? How did Sikkim’s annexation influence regional politics? These and other questions are discussed with great passion. Darjeeling enthusiasts will also be fascinated by the references to the many known and lesser-known figures who played a crucial role in the establishment of the original “Queen of the Hills”

Two sisters--Aloka, a successful journalist, and Sujata, a tea importer, who are in love with the same man--return to their childhood home in Darjeeling where they try to heal old wounds of bitterness and anger.

Darjeeling's tea bushes run across a mythical landscape steeped with the religious, the sacred, and the picturesque. Planted at high elevation in the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, in an area of northern India bound by Nepal to the west, Bhutan to the east, and Sikkim to the north, the linear rows of brilliant green, waist-high shrubs that coat the steep slopes and valleys around this Victorian “hill town” produce only a fraction of the world's tea, and less than one percent of India's total. Yet the tea from that limited crop, with its characteristic bright, amber-colored brew and muscatel flavors - delicate and flowery, hinting of apricots and peaches - is generally considered the best in the world. This is the story of how Darjeeling tea began, was key to the largest tea industry on the globe under Imperial British rule, and came to produce the highest-quality tea leaves anywhere in the world. It is a story rich in history, intrigue and empire, full of adventurers and unlikely successes in culture, mythology and religions, ecology and terroir, all set with a backdrop of the looming Himalayas and drenching monsoons. The story is ripe with the imprint of the Raj as well as the contemporary clout of “voodoo farmers” getting world record prices for their fine teas - and all of it beginning with one of the most audacious acts of corporate smuggling in history. But it is also the story of how the industry spiraled into decline by the end of the twentieth century, and how this edenic spot in the high Himalayas seethes with union unrest and a violent independence struggle. It is also a front-line fight against the devastating effects of climate change and decades of harming farming practices, a fight that is being fought in some tea gardens - and, astonishingly, won - using radical methods. Jeff Koehler has written a fascinating chronicle of India and its most sought-after tea. Blending history, politics, and reportage together, along with a collection of recipes that tea-drinkers will love, Darjeeling is an indispensable volume for fans of micro-history and tea fanatics.

Free of her guild, the former dreamhunter Darjeeling wants to leave everything behind her. But traces of her old life remain and they are hunting her down. What strange new powers will these hunters possess and will Auris have to protect the woman he once hunted? This is the second book in the First Brood Series. It is recommended you read book one, First Brood: Dreamhunter.

An adventure novelist, Otis Adelbert Kline was a leading light of the pulp era, producing science fiction and fantasy masterpieces for magazines like ‘Weird Tales’ and ‘Argosy’. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, who was largely inspired by the fantasy novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. He also worked as a literary agent, most famously for fellow ‘Weird Tales’ author Robert E. Howard, the pioneer sword and sorcery writer. This eBook presents Kline’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Kline’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All the novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare stories appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Lord of the Lamia’ * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Includes Kline’s rare non-fiction * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: Kline’s collaborations with Frank Belknap Long and E. Hoffmann Price cannot appear due to copyright restrictions. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update. CONTENTS: The Venus Books The Planet of Peril (1929) The Prince of Peril (1930) The Port of Peril (1932) The Mars Novels The Swordsman of Mars (1933) The Outlaws of Mars (1933) Jan of the Jungle Series The Call of the Savage (1931) Jan in India (1935) Other Novels The Bride of Osiris (1927) The Secret Kingdom (1929) Maza of the Moon (1930) Tam, Son of the Tiger (1931) The Metal Monster (1931) The Dragoman Stories Dragoman Stories Other Short Stories The Thing of a Thousand Shapes (1923) The Phantom Wolfhound (1923) The Corpse on the Third Slab (1923) The Cup of Blood (1923) The Malignant Entity (1924) The Phantom Rider (1924) The Radio Ghost (1927) Treasure Accursed — and Mescal (1928) The Demon of Tlaxpam (1929) The Bird-People (1930) Spawn of the Comet (1930) The Man from the Moon (1930) The Vengeance of Sa’ik (1931) The Thing That Walked in the Rain (1931) Midnight Madness (1932) A Vision of Venus (1933) Flaming Notes (1934) City Slickers (1934) Office Flirt (1934) Canine Sleuth (1934) Lord of the Lamia (1935) The Fang of Amm Jemel (1935) The Revenge of the Robot (1936) An Eye for an Eye (1937) The Iron World (1938) Servant of Satan (1939) Stolen Centuries (1939) Race around the Moon (1939) The Robot Beasts (1941) Stranger from Smallness (1941) Meteor Men of Mars (1942) The Non-Fiction Why Weird Tales? (1924) Writing the Fantastic Story (1931) The Modern Detective Story (1937) I Have a Radio Mind, (1938) Prophets of Science (1939) What is the Source of Prophecy? (1939)