A collection of delightful essays of life in India in the mid nineteenth century, this book brings to life the life and times of European families and their interactions with their Indian counterparts. In the second section of the book scene shifts to the banks of the Seine, to life in Paris. The Ganges and the Seine is a collection of delightful essays of life in India in the mid nineteenth century. Apart from garrison gossip and civil service ‘shop’, there is much to be seen and experienced in most places where the officers of the British empire were quartered in India – from provincial towns to bigger cities like Agra The book brings to life the life and times of the British experience in India, other than its administrative and governmental aspects. It is about the life and times of European families and their interactions with their Indian counterparts In the second section of the book the scene shifts to the banks of the Seine, to life in Paris in the mid 19th century – with its balls, its student life, its artistic and literary activities, its flower girls, its bohemian lifestyle, wining and dining, horse racing etc. – and all that makes for a pulsating vibrant city.
There are no reviews yet.