Archive · 17 Jan 2026
Anuradha Roy's Himalayan Memoir
Anuradha Roy, a famous writer, moved from a busy city to a quiet cottage in the Himalayas with her husband.
She loved the peaceful life there and wrote a book about her experiences.
The book talks about how she and her husband decided to live in the hills, how they made friends and relied on each other, and how she started painting and gardening.
She also talks about how time feels different in the mountains and how city people moving to the hills is affecting the environment.
She shares her favorite books about the mountains and her next project is a secret.
Anuradha Roy and her husband moved to a dilapidated cottage in Ranikhet, Himalayas, 25 years ago.
She wrote her first non-fiction book, 'Called by the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya', capturing her experiences.
Roy describes the unique community and support system in the remote area and her artistic and gardening experiments.
She discusses the impact of city dwellers moving to the hills post-COVID and the environmental concerns.
Roy shares her favorite mountain writers and her disciplined writing process.
- Who
- Anuradha Roy, a novelist and her husband
- What
- A memoir about living in the Himalayas
- When
- Over a span of 25 years
- Where
- Ranikhet, in the Himalayas
- Why
- To capture her observations and experiences of living in the hills
- Author
- Anuradha Roy
- Book Title
- Called by the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya
- Location
- Ranikhet, Himalayas
- Duration of Stay
- 25 years
- Artistic Contributions
- Watercolours and sketches
- Gardening Experiment
- Growing an English oak from an acorn
- Favourite Mountain Writers
- Leela Majumdar, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Jamaica Kincaid, Stephen Alter, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Bill Aitken
- Impact of City Dwellers
- Mixed blessing for the hills