The author says that in order to escape 'French' beds, he learnt making his own bed in the boarding.

Asmall icon of Gaja-Lakshmi adorns the lintel of the samadhi of the first pontiff of Sringeri Peetham, Sri Suresvaracharya.

Brahmaputra touches Jorhat in its upper reaches as it cruises down Assam to join Ganga in Bangladesh.