My Curious Years with Charles Henri Ford The Autobiography of Indra B. Tamang launched in New York
NEW YORK– Indra B. Tamang, released his new book ‘My Curious Years with Charles Henri Ford ‘ on Sunday October 20th .
The book is about his 50 years life history in America .
The event was hosted by Tamang Society of America held at Himalaya Resturent and Bar in New York City Queens .
He revealed all about his life with those in attendance then offered the opportunity to meet and purchase a signed copy of the book.
Mr. Tamang said: “I’m delighted to introduce my new book and talk about my
journey filled with experiences, challenges, and memories.
Indra Tamang came from a Nepali village In his 20s, he met an American poet who changed his life. For the past four decades, Tamang has lived in the iconic Dakota building in New York.
on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan) , and mingled with folks like Andy Warhol, Tennessee Williams and John Lennon.
He shared memories of an extraordinary life as he travelled between the unassuming brick terraced home where he lives in a bustling ethnic neighbourhood of Queens and the Dakota building in the refined environs of Central Park West.
In 2010, Indra Tamang became the object of global fascination after inheriting two apartments from Charles’s sister, the actress Ruth Ford. The story in the Wall Street Journal described a Nepalese “butler” who “grew up in a mud hut” and ended up owning property in one of New York’s most famous buildings.
The attention that followed inspired Indra to write this richer and more accurate account of his life. Illustrated with nearly fifty photographs and ephemera from the private collections of Charles and Indra, gathered together for the first time and including some never before shown, readers will discover that nothing about Indra’s “curious years” with Charles and his constellation of friends was ever ordinary or predictable in any way.
Some glimpses of events :
