Unfamiliar words freely used in English speech and writing in India not only baffle the Anglophone foreigner, but many Indians as well. This book aims to resolve the problem of incomprehensibility of certain words used in Indian English. An excellent reader's guide and an indispensable companion to Hobson-Jobson.
Madras Rediscovered : A Historical Guide to Looking Around (Supplemented with Tales of ‘Once upon a City’)
Preface. Illustrations. 1. What's in a name? 2. Day's 'no-man's-sand'. 3. To metropolitan limits. 4. The fort where it all began. 5. The mall to the mount. 6. The Thoman tradition. 7. The road south. 8. A tale of two islands. 9. Magnificent Marina. 10. The town of Thomas. 11. Of peacocks and lilies. 12. The retreats of theosophy. 13. Where the deer and the black buck play. 14. Bhavans of the Raj. 15. The road north. 16. The city within. 17. The road to ...
