Where the lion trod

Gordon Shepherd gives the reader a fascinating glimpse of the heritage (in the form of social, economic, traditional and linguistic legacies) which the India of today "enjoys". Throughout the country, from the old-time tea-planters in the South to the British-trained bureaucrats on the critical mountain border with China in the North, there is to be found something of the Raj's influence. Schools, clubs, civil service, sport, politics, communications--all have, discreetly or openly, knowingly or unknowingly, assimilated something useful, appealing or, in a few cases, pathetic, of an imperial way of like that has gone for ever. Written with sympathy, humor and perception and accompanied by John Verney's distinguished drawings.