Soliloquy of a Wandering Pilgrim

Climber on the south ridge of Nanda Devi East 7434m, June -July 2014 Photo: Anindya Mukherjee I have posted a short outline report of our expedition to Nanda Devi East 7434m in a separate blog. Here is the link:  http://nandadevi2014.blogspot.in/2014/07/brief-outline-report-of-indo-american.html?spref=tw

Entry to the inaugural  Sujal Mukherjee  Memorial Lecture is by invitation only. Invitation Cards can be collected ( 19 February 2014 onward) from Sri  Arindam Sarkar , Asistant Director, Savings Bank, Kolkata G.P.O (9433026252) and Sri Ranatsoh Majumdar, C/O UCO Bank, 45, Lenin Sarani, Kolkata ( 9830720045).

The 1st Sujal Mukherjee Memorial Lecture will be held on the evening of Saturday,8th March, 2014. The venue is Rotary Sadan, Kolkata. The theme of this lecture series in its first year is 'Exploring the Indian Himalaya'. The duration of the evenings programmes will be from 5.45 pm to 8.30 pm.  The first speaker this evening will be the distinguished mountaineer, explorer & author Sri Harish Kapadia.(  http://www.harishkapadia.com/ ) Sri Kapadia will be speaking on " Exploration of all the major valleys of Arunachal Pradesh in the last 15 years".  " Arunachal Forever"- The talk covers its turbulent history of the war with China, McMahon Line saga, people and ancient pilgrim trails, historical explorations, high unclimbed peaks , trails to Burma via Chaukan Pass and Pangsu pass, flying  the Burma Hump and Lake of No Return, Second World War in Burma and Arunachal Pradesh,  and the Journey and exploration of the Brahmaputra river.  Talk is