The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)

caption: Chapter One. The Naga Hills
caption: meet Mills at bungalow in Kohima
medium: books
person: Mills/ J.P.
location: Kohima
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 6.1936-6.1937
text: The lorry stopped before the gate of a sloping garden where deep purple bougainvillias blossomed and bright red bells glowed on the branches of hibiscus bushes. It was the garden of the Deputy Commissioner, and the next moment I saw Mills coming down the steep path from his bungalow.
text: "I am sorry I couldn't come to meet you. I should have loved to show you the country myself, but I had a lot of work and couldn't get off."