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Subject: The Anglo-Indian Reunion 1V
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 00:35:40 +0500
Day 3 of the Reunion:
About 350 delegates opted to go on the picnic to Emerald Isle, a beautiful
resort about 20 kms from Bangalore. We arrived at the resort by 11 AM and
most found seats around the pool and the bar. Beer flowed, old couples
danced to 'The Green Green Grass of Home', some played carroms (and looked
like they hadn't played for 20 years), World 11 beat India 11 at cricket
with a tennis ball, others frolicked in the water and the slippery slide
--amidst all this the faithful played their bingo.
Lunch was excellent (chicken korma and peas pulao) and by 2 pm most
delegates were so relaxed that they forgot to fight and could be seen
discussing things amiably and hopefully working things out.
Day 4 (10th Jan) is the last day of the reunion. A fashion show and
International ball will be held at the hotel Ashok in the evening.
Lots of write-ups have been appearing in the newspapers about the reunion,
some of it unfortunately about the battle behind the scenes of the reunion.
In case you are keen to read some of this I could request Ronnie Johnson
(who's been wonderfully helpful through his page) to put some of it on his
site. Thanks for comments and let me know if you want any aspect of the
reunion clarified or described in less/more detail.
An interesting bit that came out of the symposium on Day 2: a historian who
spoke said that Anglo-Indian history and culture went back more than 2000
years and began when Alexander and his Greeks invaded India (in 600
BC...I'm just guessing) as his men settled down in India and married Indian
wives. For according to the constitution of India, you must be of male
European descent to be called and recognised as an Anglo-Indian. Wow! Did
you all know that? Let's tell everybody about it.
Garth.
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