01509nam a2200157Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200190007610000210009524500270011624500210014326000300016430000140019452011310020865000120133920250807104730.0250807s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780670082414  a954.00421bSIN  aSingh, Khushwant 0aSahibs who Loved India 0cSingh, Khushwant  bPenguin Books Indiac2008  a201 pages  a&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.  aHistory