William McKay Aitken is a British-born Indian travel writer and mountain lover from Scotland.
[1][2] He is the author of a number of books about India, its mountains, rivers and its steam trains.
[3] Born in Tullibody in Clackmannanshire, Scotland in 1934, Aitken attended Handsworth Grammar School in Birmingham, and completed his M.A in comparative religion at the University of Leeds.
[4] With their Guru's blessings he joined Prithwi Bir Kaur, the dowager Maharani of the erstwhile Sikh Princely state of Jind as companion.
Bill Aitken's writings are characterized by a free-wheeling description of his travels, interspersed with intimate details of the land and its people, and their religious beliefs.