Sahibs Who Loved India

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351187896
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sahibs Who Loved India written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare collection of essays that invites the reader to revisit a vanished era of sahibs and memsahibs. From Lord Mountbatten to Peggy Holroyde to Maurice and Taya Zinkin, Britishers who lived and worked in India reminisce about topics and points of interest as varied as the Indian Civil Service and the Roshanara Club, shikar and hazri, the Amateur Cine Society of India and the Doon School, Rudyard Kipling and Mahatma Gandhi. Selected from a series of articles commissioned by Khushwant Singh when he was the editor of the ‘Illustrated Weekly of India’, these delightfully individualistic and refreshingly candid writings reveal a fascinating array of British attitudes, experiences, observations, fond memories, the occasional short-lived grouse and, above all, a deep and abiding affection and respect for India.

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0670082414
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sahibs who Loved India written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2008 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: &Lsquo;Thus We Both Were Tied To India With Every Possible Bond Of Memory And Affection, Which Clearly Played An Important Part In Our Lives&Hellip;As The Last Viceroy And Indeed&Nbsp;When I Stayed On As The First Governor-General Of The Independent Country Of India.&Rsquo; &Mdash;Lord Mountbatten A Rare Collection Of Essays That Invites The Reader To Revisit A Vanished Era Of Sahibs And Memsahibs. From Lord Mountbatten To Peggy Holroyde To Maurice And Taya Zinkin, Britishers Who Lived And Worked In India Reminisce About Topics And Points Of Interest As Varied As The Indian Civil Service And The Roshanara Club,&Nbsp;Shikar And Hazri, The Amateur Cine Society Of India And The Doon School, Rudyard Kipling And Mahatma Gandhi. &Nbsp; Selected From A Series Of Articles Commissioned By Khushwant Singh When He Was The Editor Of The Illustrated Weekly Of India These Delightfully Individualistic And Refreshingly Candid Writings Reveal A Fascinating Array Of British Attitudes, Experiences, Observations, Fond Memories, The Occasional Short-Lived Grouses And, Above All, A Deep And Abiding Affection And Respect For India.

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184750560
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The End of India written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I thought the nation was coming to an end’ When Khushwant Singh witnessed the violence of Partition nearly seventy years ago, he believed that he had seen the worst that India could do to herself. But after the carnage in Gujarat in 2002, he had reason to feel that the worst, perhaps, was still to come. Analysing the communal violence in Gujarat in 2002, the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, the burning of Graham Staines and his children, the targeted killings by terrorists in Punjab and Kashmir, Khushwant Singh forces us to confront the absolute corruption of religion that has made us among the most brutal people on earth. He also points out that fundamentalism has less to do with religion than with politics. And communal politics, he reminds us, is only the most visible of the demons we have nurtured and let loose upon ourselves. A brave and passionate book, The End of India is a wake-up call for every citizen concerned about his or her own future, if not the nation’s.

Author : Charles Allen
Publisher : Abacus
ISBN 13 : 0349142157
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kipling Sahib written by Charles Allen and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 and spent his early years there, before being sent, aged six, to England, a desperately unhappy experience. Charles Allen's great-grandfather brought the sixteen-year-old Kipling out to Lahore to work on The Civil and Military Gazette with the words 'Kipling will do', and thus set young Rudyard on his literary course. And so it was that at the start of the cold weather of 1882 he stepped ashore at Bombay on 18 October 1882 - 'a prince entering his kingdom'. He stayed for seven years during which he wrote the work that established him as a popular and critical, sometimes controversial, success. Charles Allen has written a brilliant account of those years - of an Indian childhood and coming of age, of abandonment in England, of family and Empire. He traces the Indian experiences of Kipling's parents, Lockwood and Alice and reveals what kind of culture the young writer was born into and then returned to when still a teenager. It is a work of fantastic sympathy for a man - though not blind to Kipling's failings - and the country he loved.

Author : Reginald 1905-1958 Reynolds
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014801609
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White Sahibs in India written by Reginald 1905-1958 Reynolds and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Ghulam Rassul Galwan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Servant of Sahibs written by Ghulam Rassul Galwan and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pran Nevile
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0143066919
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sahibs' India written by Pran Nevile and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2010 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culled from Raj literature, Sahib's India reveals little-known aspects of their lives and their dealings with their Indian subjects. Drawing from contemporary journals, plays and poems,

Author : Nina Harkness
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988865617
Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book A Sahib's Daughter written by Nina Harkness and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Sahib's Daughter" is set in the waning days of British imperialism in India. The merging of the two social cultures provides fodder for much of the novel's drama and conflict. Love crosses racial boundaries in the lives of three generations of women: grandmother Prava, her daughter, Ramona and granddaughter, Samira. Their fates are forever transformed through their encounters with British tea planters. It becomes evident that tea is not the only seed being planted by the British sahibs, and their exploits with local women result in a new mixed breed of offspring in a unique culture that came to be known as "Anglo-Indian." Englishman Charles arrives in India with a broken heart and seeking adventure in the remote tea plantations of the Dooars. And when dashing young Indian, Ravi explodes into Samira's genteel world on his red motor cycle her life is never quite the same again. Her impulsive reactions lead her down a path of drama and disaster with Irishman Justin. When Justin's efforts at deception are dramatically exposed in the corridors of Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital, Samira is faced with some difficult decisions. Later, in Delhi, tempers explode and promises are broken just days before Radhika's society wedding. During the ensuing pandemonium, Samira's brother, Mark unexpectedly arrives on the scene with a revelation that rocks Ravi's world. In a final twist we learn the true identity of Ramona, a secret her mother will take to her grave.

Author : Richard Holmes
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007370342
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750–1914 written by Richard Holmes and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sahib is a magnificent history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of Empire, making full use of personal accounts from the soldiers who served in the jewel in Britain’s Imperial Crown.

Author : Varindra Tarzie Vittachi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Brown Sahib (revisited) written by Varindra Tarzie Vittachi and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satire on the post independent Asian countries.