ABSTRACT
In 1961 I'd married a tea-planter and moved to a remote corner of north-east India bordering Nepal and Bhutan. At that time, political unrest, increasing attacks on ex-patriate estate managers and rising taxes had already persuaded several English families to leave the plantations and return ‘home’. Two years later the Chinese invaded, advancing to a point just 100 miles away. Women and children were evacuated to Calcutta in huge RAF transport planes. With bi-annual leave due and a four month old baby to consider, we decided to make our return to England permanent.
