Called by the Hills : A Home in the Himalaya

Called by the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya is a memoir by novelist Anuradha Roy that recounts the twenty-five years she spent building a home and garden in Ranikhet, a small Himalayan hill station, after leaving the pace of city life in Delhi.

Roy writes about learning to live alongside the mountain landscape, including encounters with leopards and the visible effects of climate change on the region, while gradually putting down roots in an unfamiliar and often unpredictable place.

Blending memoir, nature writing, and travel reflection, and featuring her own watercolour illustrations, the book is an intimate portrait of a home, a community, and a rugged, extraordinary landscape, exploring themes of transformation, environmental fragility, and belonging.