85. IN THE COMPANY OF GOOD PEOPLE

Ahh...  The smell of books! If there is one thing I love to do is to turn the pages of a new book and smell it. It is a heady concoction; making me want to leave everything else and nose-dive into a world of the unknown; to be known to me only after several pages of revelation.

So when the United Nations Information Centre decided to inaugurate its library at the Administrative Staff College at Khanapara, I headed straight to the venue on the morning of 6^th of April. It was a privilege to meet Ms. Kiran Mehra-Kerpelman, director of the UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan and the Administrative Officer, Ms. Sanjana Subramanian as they spoke of their plans for Assam and the Northeast.

And imagine my luck! I got to meet them again in the evening aboard the Alfresco for a tete-a-tete cruise and a dinner, while the Brahmaputra whipped up the chillier than the usual wind. Both the charismatic ladies enjoyed to the core, wishing they had a few days in hand to travel around the state. But they promised themselves that they would be back to see of the magic State. We know that, don’t we? Assam has this unimaginable beauty, which needs the eyes of a romantic to love it!