ABSTRACT
When Hastings House in Calcutta was closed down, both Nidhida and Dhirenda were admitted to St. Edmund’s College 24 , in Shillong. No discrimination was made there between the Indian and non–Indian students and both my brothers were very happy at school. They participated in all the school sports. Nidhida was a good hockey player and was always chosen to be in the team when a match was being played against another school. One morning at school whilst we were at class, we were told that one of the [Irish Christian] Brothers at St. Edmund’s had shot a tiger. There was great excitement, the school was closed so that the students could go across to St. Edmund’s to have a look at the dead animal.
