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Landour: A walk in paradise

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Landour for me is Ruskin Bond and Victor Banerjee. Interestingly, I had just heard about Landour from a friend who visited the place months back. That was the only idea I had about the ‘heaven’ (Yes, I would like to call it in that way!!) Months later, time knocked my door and I googled the place. My search led me to few interesting and unexplored facts from Landour and I instantly decided to pack my bags and spend my vacation in this small abode in the hills. Of all the places, the two spots which struck my mind are the houses of Ruskin Bond and Victor Banerjee (Tollywood actor and my dad’s friend. About Mr Banerjee and his link with my Dad, I am going to share in the later half of this write up). I still have no clue why these two people left a mark on me as neither I'm a voracious reader nor I have watched many of the actors work. I mean, I wanted to meet them if possible but never thought it will affect me so much.  I was just walking down the road of this hil