In the summer of 2023, me and my partner went to Darjeeling. The idea was extremely inspired by the two Feluda stories that are set in Darjeeling but Danger in Darjeeling formed the bulk of that memory. The novel takes place in Darjeeling of 70s, and the stimulus of this Darjeeling trip is a film shoot, the story of which is written by Jatayu. The story takes place over a variety of places in Darjeeling. Ray himself shoots a film in Darjeeling in the same period called Kanchenjunga, the history of which is interlinked with this novel. The first image on the top right corner is taken at Mall Road, where Feluda gets a major piece of evidence developed. There are other parts of town I occupy as a traveller, which include the Keventers, the iconic restaurant which serves as a major plot point takes place. the road around observatory hill, where Feluda is deliberately pushed off the cliff and the Darjeeling Mall itself.

This trip had another new element in my quest to travel with Feluda which is the audio-book rendition of the novel. I walked through Darjeeling as I listened to the story of the trio walking through Darjeeling. This is the particular version I listened to.

The trip is also about shared fandom as couple, and different gendered pespectives our bodies had of the space.