Stephen Alter was raised by American missionary parents in the hill station of Mussoorie, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and his wife, Ameeta, now live. Their idyllic existence was brutal
In this sequel to The Rataban Betrayal, Colonel Afridi and his sidekick, agent Annapurna Anna” Tagore, pursue an elusive warlord known as Guldaar,” who, with the support of the CIA and Pakistan’s ISI,
Describing himself as "neither a scholar nor a journalist but simply a traveler who bears a longstanding grudge against borders," Alter (writing and humanistic studies, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
On India's frontier with Tibet, peace is just a facade and security a myth.The sleepy Himalayan hill station of Mussoorie, near India's border with Tibet, is home to an eclectic mix of residents inclu
