In the Districts of the Raj

Author: Y D GundeviaPublisher: Orient Longman/DishaYear: 1992Language: EnglishPages: 233ISBN/UPC (if available): 086311 3079 DescriptionA fascinating account of the life of a young Indian ICS officer during the last decades of the British Raj. Based on personal experiences, these memoirs portray a way of life that has gone for ever. The British in India, even in the late 1930s adhered somewhat punctiliously to the outdated etiquette of the Victorian era. In a society where official hierarchy and protocol played an important part in the administrative process there was a necessity to maintain certain 'standards'. The author has recapitulated in an often light-hearted yet vivid manner the social and political milieu in which he worked. Among the topics that have been written about in this book are accounts of Club life(exclusively British in every way), the author's timely intervention that prevented a widow from committing sati and an official enquiry into the unfortunate murder of