Fly Till They Shoot You Down

“Fly till they shoot you down” is tale of an intensely personal journey, so unique as to be almost unbelievable. Arriving in London with 4 pounds in his pocket, spending his second night in a cold telephone booth, his adult life started on the worst possible foot that you could imagine. Everything that could go wrong, it did for him. However, all this was not enough to curb the fighter in Igloo, as after every blow dealt by Fortune, he had the mental resilience to shake it off and rise again. Ultimately, things began to come together – at times in almost fairy tale fashion. The skies cleared, but dark clouds almost always were there on the horizon. They have defined Igloo’s life for all of nearly seven decades. Trials and tribulations have challenged him at almost every turn. The book charts his journey from his arrival in chilly London a few days after his 21st birthday, and takes you on a roller coaster of a journey across the oilfields of Digboi, the struggles at Kolkata, the challenges of London and beyond to the love of his family, the thrills of being a self-made man – all in all, a simply amazing smorgasbord of life itself. At the end of the book, the reader will be left wondering – Could all this really have been true? How is it possible that one person travelled all these roads, up and down, so topsy-turvy, in one lifetime? This book is as honest an attempt to capture this scarcely unbelievable journey, as could be.