Spell of the Flying Foxes The

It is a commonly held belief in India that flying foxes augur prosperity. They were certainly abundant in the Champaran region of north Bihar. Here in 1845 an Englishman Alfred Augustus Tripe fascinated by the prospect of farming indigo known as Blue Gold was drawn to its isolated wilderness. He acquired a large tract of rich fertile land by the river Baghmati married an Indian lady of means and reaped prosperity in the days when ‘dust turned to gold'. Their children were sent to England for an ...See More