https://solobackpacker.com/doom-dooma-tea-gardens-and-dhola-sadiya-bridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=doom-dooma-tea-gardens-and-dhola-sadiya-bridge Celebrate Life On The Road Sat, 06 Jun 2020 03:46:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://solobackpacker.com/doom-dooma-tea-gardens-and-dhola-sadiya-bridge/#comment-15078 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:06:10 +0000 http://solobackpacker.com/?p=16430#comment-15078 My Doom Dooma Connection: I like your story and thanks for sharing the nice photo images of your trip. I arrived in Doom Dooma at the Aviation Research Centre airfield riding in a World War II, The Curtiss C-46 Commando, a twin-engine transport aircraft. The Americans built several such airfields in the Northeast Assam as the Japanese advanced towards India. During 1972-73, I remember Doom Dooma as a sleepy little town with one movie theatre. My Unit Commander was fond of watching old hindi movies. The theatre used to offer us seats at a concessional rate and every other day they were showing a different movie. We never missed watching those films in the evening hours. I also remember Doom Dooma for its photo studio. In February 1972, I needed passport-size picture for the issue of my Indian Army Personal ID Card. I still keep the photo taken at Doom Dooma photo studio. Surprisingly, Ribhu Dasgupta included a framed portrait of my Indian Army Personal ID Card photo in one of the scenes in the 2016 mystery thriller movie TE3N. It keeps my Doom Dooma memories fresh and alive.

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