I read almost every book of consequence about the community, besides magazines like The Review (which goes back almost a 100 years), and Anglos in the Wind, published and edited by Harry MacLure. To be honest, it is! I put everything into it-so, I would say, it’s a book researched over a lifetime. Several prominent people, including Ruskin Bond, have called it a “labour of love”. I think there is a good balance in the book between what is “serious” and what is “fun”-the social, cultural, and political history balanced with the present: who we are and how we live today and a touch of the future. Some people I have named, some I have not. I have been deeply involved with the community since I was a teenager, and a lot of what I saw, what I observed, what I am experiencing is mentioned in the book. But most of the second half of the book is from the top of my head. I was helped by my eldest daughter, Zasha, who is the scholar in our family my wife, Denise, helped me a lot in researching the pen sketches, editing, and giving the book a structure. How long did you take to sort out so much material? How did you get hold of such a wealth, considering that we Indians are no good at record-keeping?
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