Books, papers, essays & electronic media by and about Anglo-Indians
"If it is written and read with serious attention, that a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation that helps us to make a painful rite of passage from one phase of life, one state of mind, to another.
A novel, like a myth, teaches us to see the world differently; it shows us how to look into our own hearts and to see our world from a perspective that goes beyond our own self-interest. If professional religious leaders cannot instruct us in mythical lore, our artists and
creative writers can perhaps step into this priestly role and bring fresh insight to our lost and damaged world."
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Books
Scattered Seeds: The Diaspora of the Anglo-Indians
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Dorothy Dady
Review by Lynette Rebeiro
"This book is about where we have come from and where we are going and all the memories in between. The photos that accompany the writings from Anglo-Indians all over the world, is the icing on the cake. Look at each photo and it is not hard to imagine the person speaking the words. This is what makes SCATTERED SEEDS as vivid as a screenplay. < xml="true" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" prefix="o" namespace="">
It's a different world we're living in now. Freedom to live where we want and how we want is written across the pages. Dorothy Dady interviewed, photographed and told a story of our close relationship with India and Britain in this moving montage.
What particularly caught my attentive eye were the several forceful and fascinating women portrayed in this book. Dorothy Dady captured the best stories and emotionally connected with her sources, making the individual lives come alive with each new page.
A grand addition to your home library. A valuable pictorial history book to leave for my grandchildren.
Congratulations Dorothy the book is fascinating."
My Experience
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A collection of stories related by Anglo-Indians who migrated to Australia.
Anglo-Indians: Vanishing Remnants of a Bygone Era
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- This is a scholarly survey of Anglo-Indians living in India, North America and the U.K on the cusp of millennium. The book examines the cultural, social and psychological factors that determine, influence and reflect the various stages of integration. Please contact Blair at blairrw@att.net for more information.
Panchantantantra
Translated from the original and retold by Esther Mary Lyons
More books by Esther Mary Lyons:
Unwanted
(Updated and re-launched 2005)
A story "...about culture, class discrimination, experience, history, search, identity, loss, achievements, anger and healing."
Peacock and the Gum Tree
This book, set in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, gives an interesting insight into the three cultures featured - Indian, Anglo-Indian and Australian.
This book is a compilation of short stories, by various authors, about life in Allahabad. Edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. Esther's contribution is a story about her time spent in Allahabad, in the late 1940s.
Esther's books may be purchased via her website (see LINKS page). Unwanted may also be purchased through Blair Williams.
Blind Spot
By J. Chloe Braun & Lynette Rebeiro
A detective novel, involving a gang of "bumbling jewel thieves", which is set in Darjeeling. All proceeds from the sale of this book, are being kindly donated to Blair Williams' CTR.
Hurdy Gurdy
By J. Chloe Braun
Originally begun as an entry in a writing competition, whose theme was "Unusual Cultural Practices", Hurdy Gurdy deals with the topical subject of a wife's escape from domestic violence.
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"...the heart-warming story of a backward boy, unable to talk at the age of four and sent to boarding school in order to learn to speak. Branded a moron and dragged through ten schools in seven years, he suddenly "finds his feet" and becomes dux of one of India's most prestigious colleges, eventually becoming an officer in one of the Indian Army's most famous regiments and Adjutant of its premier battalion."
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Many have loved and admired Hong Kong but few have grasped its intricacies. That an enclave so small should have become so powerful, and left such a mark on the world, is a mystery that No Babylon seeks to probe and dispel. “Had he discovered Hong Kong first, Karl Marx might never have written Das Kapital, for this hubble-bubble of experimental capitalist alchemy contradicted so many of his theories”.
"From the highest colonial circles to a working-class estate to an island home that encapsulates the new Hong Kong as it hovers between the past and future: Moss's trajectory mirrors much of the territory's own journey, these past 40 years. And his delighted absorption into the people of Hong Kong—after decades spent inculcating their loyalty to a colonial regime—is, surely, among the happiest of postcolonial endings." —Time Magazine
Books published under the CTR imprint:
Haunting India
A collection of award winning previously published short fiction, poetry, travel tales and evocative reminiscences of India on the threshold of Independence and afterwards.
Voices on the Verandah
edited by Margaret Deefholts & Sylvia Staub
An anthology of short fiction and poetry contributed by Anglo-Indian writers across the globe. A guest section includes arresting stories by eminent Anglo-Indian writers such as William Dalrymple and Ruskin Bond.
The Way We Were
edited by Margaret Deefholts and Glenn Deefholts
A compilation of engrossing essays written by Anglo-Indians and non Anglo-Indians about the Community and a way of life that existed in India both during the Raj and after Independence in 1947.
(In the wings is a fifth book, The Way We Are (a natural sequel to The Way We Were) to be published in mid 2008.)
*Please note:
The proceeds of all books published by CTR Publications go directly to CTR Inc., the charity which helps less fortunate Anglo-Indians in India. The series thus serves a dual purpose: to preserve the culture of the Community and to provide much needed resources for its poorer members in India. To purchase or for further information, please contact Blair Williams - blairrw@att.net
In the pipeline
Song of the Phoenix:
A History of the Anglo-Indians.
By
Lynne Hadley & Michael Ludgrove
A general history spanning the period between 1583 and 2006.
Journals & Newsletters
Anglos In The Wind
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Papers & essays
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Links to Anglo-Indian literature on the web:
http://www.vsdh.org/bill_stabler/index.htm
Two Short Stories
by Bill Stabler
The Tiger I Didn’t Shoot In 1946:
“Mark Anthony Lawton was a medium ranking Bengal Nagpur Railway officer stationed at Head Office in Garden Reach, Calcutta. He was a tubby, likable man of about 35 or so. I was a youth of 16; I’d finished school and was waiting to join the merchant navy as a cadet. Mark and I got along splendidly and I was overjoyed when he asked my father’s permission to take me along with him for “a few days in the jungle”.”
The Labour Pain of Partition:
“I obtained my pass from the head office, made my way to Howrah and found a berth in a first class compartment bound for Delhi where I knew I had to change trains. I was in uniform, idiotically self-confident; I had my bhistra and a seaman’s kit bag and I was bound for Kashmir!…”
Edited by Dr. Adrian Gilbert, the Anglo-Indian Homepage consists of two sections. The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies contains many academic papers revelant to the Anglo-Indian Community. The Anglo-Indian Wallah is devoted to works of fiction
The website of Anglo-Indian, Margaret Deefholts, containing stories, memoirs, and links to publications of interest to Anglo-Indians....and more.
http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh/books/index.htm
http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh/ai/index.html
Links to Anglo-Indian poetry and books that either mention Dow Hill or Victoria Hill Schools, or were written by former pupils. Courtesy of John Feltham's "Victoria and Dow Hill Schools website (see "LINKS" page).
