Took a taxi to Happy Valley
First stopped at Library Bazaar
Gandhi Chauk
searched for the Tibetan stores, only to find they now sell factory made sweaters and t-shirts not their handicrafts
The reason to go to Happy Valley was to see Surat Singh Khsirola and his family. He is the son of the man, Prem Singh, who was the Chawkidar of our Mussoorie house, Buena Vista, from 1951 - 1978. Surat moved to Happy Valley in 1976, the same time I left India. Prem Singh moved back to his village in 1990 and passed away in 2000. Surat now lives with his wife and two of his four children.
We were so happy to see each other again. His youngest son, Yogesh, shared with me some of his Hindi hip hop. His beautiful smart daughter, Lakshmi, is doing her BA and working.
Surat has worked his way up to a data entry position at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Adminidtrstiom
He showed us around the beautiful campus and where he worked
nicer then anyplace I've ever worked
