The Conundrum of Identities
Travel is something that tests all our limits of theories, learnings and ideas by opening up experiences that challenge and change one's perception, unlike any book.. Travelogues in that sense are always a window to those experiences and can be very interesting at times. In this Travelogue, Stephen Alter seems to have followed through an emotional thread of tracing his and his spouses roots and in that process has opened up a window that lets us, readers who read it, to a unique and profound viewpoint on subtlety of Pakistan and India relationships. With his easy and smooth flowing language, he captures our attention for keeps. Stephen Alter, who is a Son of an early American Missionary to India, Rev.Robert Alter, Cousin of Charismatic late Tom Alter, was born in Mussoorie and an alumni of Woodstock School there. He is passionate about India and particularly about his neck of woods in Himalayan region. The narration starts with him returning to Landour, to his fa