Recommended Reading

We recommend an interested tourist to snatch a copy of ‘Through the Green Door’ written by Nigel Jenkins and published by Penguin Books. The first publication was titled ‘Gwalia in Khasia’ and was published by Pont Books, Gomer Press in 1995. The book is a well-researched rendition of not only the first Welsh missionary Rev. Thomas Jones but also has a lot to say about our Khasi people and our lifestyle.

‘History of the Catholic Missions in Northeast India’ written originally in German by Rev. Fr. Christopher Becker SDS of the Salvatorian Fathers and translated and edited in English by Rev. Fr. G. Stadler SDB and Rev. Fr. S. Karotemprel SDB. You can get a copy from Vendrame Missiological Institute, Sacred Heart College, Mawlai, Shillong.

‘The Monsoons’ by Dr.P.K. Das, who was the Director General of the National Meteorological Service of the Government of India. Published by National Book Trust, India, A-5, Green Park, New Delhi – 110 016. Price Rs.75/=.

‘Chasing the Monsoon’ by Alexander Frater for the passionate chasing of the Indian Summer Monsoon in the present day Incredible India.