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The chronicle of Sir Mark Tully's once-in-a-lifetime journey along the Grand Trunk Road, one of the oldest of all trade routes. It's more than just a physical journey: the journey starts in Calcutta, where he was born and from where the British ruled India. It ends at Delhi, where he now lives, the country's modern capital.
After several false starts on the journey Tully Sahib, as he is known in India, escapes into the green and lush West Bengal countryside before travelling through the bandit country of Bihar where roadside arms dealers offer an assortment of weapons.
 Still in Bihar Mark arrives in Bodh Gaya, the place of Buddha's enlightenment and home to several communist villages, including Stalinnagar. He finishes the first part of his journey on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, the holiest city in Hinduism.
In the second part of his journey Mark visits Mirzapur, at the heart of the Indian carpet belt. Passing through Allahabad he sees a Kumbh Mela. He finally arrives home in Delhi nearly a fortnight later, 1400 km after leaving Calcutta.
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