Freedom at Midnight

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The sad demise of young Britishers who died in India has been subjected to all the love, but not a drop of ink been wasted for the millions of Indians, who died pleasing their "memsahibs".

After one year in a tank regiment, he was transferred to SHAPE headquarters to serve as an interpreter. Having been there most of the time in question and having assisted at most of the encounters, I can vouch for the accuracy of its general mood. In Rawalpindi, the Second Cavalry gave an enormous barakama “good luck” banquet, to their former comrades. They are represented here as isolated personages who hold the fate of the Indian people in their hands.

An hour out of Rawalpindi, the train bearing the Sikhs and Hindus of the 2nd Cavalry was ambushed by Moslem League National Guardsmen.

It is also dearly too late to hope that it can survive and grow uncrippled, because what happened to Mrs.The narrative style of the book immerses readers in the visual landscape of the falling Raj and allows them to step into the minds of the great actors of this time. The authors delve deeply into orientalist lore to depict the exploits of the maharajas (princely rulers of various territories who had their sovereignty revoked upon independence in 1947 and their titles and privileges rescinded 25 years later), and are not shy about including salacious - often stomach-churning and horrifying - stories. Well, be rest assured that this book will end up ripping out each of those notions and burning them to cinders.