Hi all,
Thanks for the support. Am temporarily busy with personal obligations, so will not be able to update the blog for the next 4 weeks. I apologize for the same.
See you all again in December. Thanks for the support and please do check back soon.
- Sean Auckland
      

The Absolute Anglo-Indian By K.C. Sen, New Millennium, £9.95
This book’s interest lies in the era and society it evokes. K.C. Sen, Bhaiya or Kacy to intimates, was Brahmananda Keshub Chunder Sen’s great grandson on one side and the great-great-grandson of General Sir Edward Barnes, governor of Ceylon and India’s commander-in-chief, on the other. [...]

KOLKATA: Anglo-Indians in the city are all set to celebrate World Anglo-Indian Day on August 2, with week-long celebrations starting on Sunday.
Way back in 1935, when the Government of India Act - precursor to the Constitution - was enacted, the community was recognised officially. Hence, the day is known as World Anglo-Indian Day.
This year, it [...]

When one scans through the history of the Anglo-Indian community, one despairs to read that the community may have a lot to be proud of, but that AI’s cannot be proud of their leaders, (except one). The recent history of the AIs is marked by a leaders that thought of themselves first, and then for [...]

Hi,
Of late the number of visits to this blog have increased and I thank all for the support and getting the word around. Also, I would like any help I could get in the form of articles/news reports/personal recollections which I could then post on this blog to reach a wider AI audience. Please feel [...]

Anglo-Indians are vanishing as a community. Prakash and Sealy try to rescue them from oblivion with an exhibition and a book.

For two years Dileep Prakash “travelled everywhere except McCluskieGanj” — which as everyone knows is an Anglo-Indian stronghold and railway colony “that has been done to death by others before me” — photo-archiving the members [...]

CHANDRAJIT MUKHERJEE

Ranchi, April 9: With the rise in extremism in McCluskiegunj area, Ushanjali — a bungalow — has turned into a deserted place.
The once famous guesthouse known for its sprawling rooms, prestigious library and good hospitality lies desolate today. There are two caretakers but they do not get the chance to attend any tourist. Instead [...]

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pace attack: Roger Binny ( here, takes a catch) played in the Indian cricket team, is one of Bangalore’s better known Anglo Indians

The sandpaper voiced female on FM who begins each strident lambast with a jarring ‘Hey’ reminds me of all the Anglo Indian teachers who guided my early expeditions into books. There was Miss [...]

KOLKATA: ‘Uncle’ and ‘Aunty’ have replaced ‘Sahib’ and ‘Memsahib’ and drivers or rickshaw-pullers no longer refer to the children as Babalog or Missibabas. Para boys no longer rush forward to help ‘Rosy Ma’am’ down from the rickshaw for the simple reason that the Rosy Ma’ams are no longer their first teachers [...]