Dehradun, Nov. 15 -- author

By: Ganesh Saili

'After me, who will own this place? No one knows?' The philosopher in Kishore Kumar Kaya shows himself from time to time. He is a humble man with a spiritual bent of mind, who just happens to own Mussoorie's iconic Savoy Hotel.

The last owner, Anand Jauhar, and I were good friends. Years ago, I was alongside him, just outside the landing of the bar, when a youngster approached him to ask, 'Sir! Are you the manager?'

'I'm not!' quipped Nandu, adding, 'But the way things are going, I will soon be!' Of course, we knew that Nandu and Mr Sethi, the manager, did not see eye to eye on most matters.

On another occasion, we were aboard the night train to Delhi. It stopped briefly in Haridwar; we st...