In 1937, Ursula Bower visited Nagaland at the invitation of a friend, and on a dispensary tour encountered the Naga people. She was so taken was with their striking dignity, tribal pride and unique culture that she arranged to live among them to write an anthropological study. But she became more than an observer – living alone among them, Ursula was integrated into their village life, becoming their figurehead when in 1944 the Japanese invaded the jungles of Nagaland from Burma. The Nagas turned to her for leadership and with the support of General Slim, her Naga guides were armed and trained to patrol and repel the Japanese incursions. The Nagas' courage and loyalty were duly recognised, and after the conflict Ursula, with Naga support, went on to run a jungle training school for the RAF. Later, with her husband, Tim Betts as Political Officer, she worked among the volatile tribes of the remote Apa Tani Valley, bordering Tibet. Following the Independence of India in 1947, Ursula returned to her highland roots, but to her death in 1988, her experiences among the Naga people shaped and directed her life.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 The Early Years
- 2 Roedean
- 3 The Reluctant Debutante
- 4 From Kensington to India
- 5 Nagaland
- 6 The Fascination of the Hills
- 7 Ursula – the Anthropologist
- 8 Going it Alone
- 9 Black Magic
- 10 The World at War
- 11 Mixed Receptions
- 12 In Exile
- 13 Tribal Law
- 14 The World Beyond the Hills
- 15 Christmas and the Spirit World
- 16 News from Home
- 17 Cats – Big and Small
- 18 Masang
- 19 War Comes to the Far East
- 20 The Burma Refugees
- 21 ‘V’ Force
- 22 Watch and Ward
- 23 The Japanese Arrive
- 24 Meeting Slim
- 35 Searching for the Japanese
- 36 The White Queen of the Nagas
- 37 The Proposal
- 38 Two Weddings
- 39 Tibet
- 40 Indian Independence
- 41 Leaving Tibet
- 42 Back in England
- 43 From Nagaland to Scotland
- 44 The Nagas in Trouble
- 45 The Last Years
- 46 Pilgrimage to Nagaland
- Plates
- Copyright
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