William McKay Aitken was a British-born Indian travel writer and mountain lover from Scotland. He was the author of a number of books about India, its mountains, rivers and its steam trains.
This is a wonderful book, written by a wonderful writer. Bill clearly loves/d India, and understood the country. This comes through so very clearly in his writing The adventures are well written, with a marvellous sense of humour and insight. I did not know that he had taken Indian citizenship. To learn to ride a bike when you are 50, and then to go all over the country on a tight budget is a truly brave thing to do. You need a mixture of madness, passion and commitment to do this, and he has all this in good measure