‘Footprints of Bengal on the Himalayas’ captures the lives of some of the most remarkable personalities of the Bengal Renaissance, who also left their mark on the mountainous state of Uttarakhand. It is not an exhaustive account but perhaps brings under a single cover some of the extra ordinary personalities who have left an indelible stamp here. The list of eminent figures consists of Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Uday Shankar, Boshi Sen, Rashbehari Bose, Radhanath Sikdar, M.N. Roy, Benode Behari Mukerjee, S.N. Talukdar and many others. They brought their unique talents and their culture to a distant land and thereby enriched it while enhancing their own experiences as well