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"The content is drawn from two sources, firstly entries to the Anglo-Indian Literary Contest in 2003/4. From over 150 entries, 22 short stories and 29 poems were selected, including contributions from [two] FIBIS members ... Secondly there is a 'Guest contributors' section which features the work of distinguished Anglo-Indian writers such as Ruskin Bond, William Dalrymple and Russell Lucas. The aim of the book is twofold, firstly its publication will help in preserving the culture of the Anglo-Indian community for posterity. Secondly the entire proceeds of the book go to CTR, a USA based 'not for profit' organisation ... dedicated to helping Anglo-Indians in India..." The full review by Geraldine Charles is on pp. 52-53 of [http://members.fibis.org/archive/J13.pdf FIBIS Journal 13 (Spring 2005)]. Further reviews and information are at the [http://www.blairrw.org/ctr/voices.htm CTR website]
==Fiction==
Oxford: OUP, 2001 (Oxford world's classics)
At one time Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was the most popular writer in English in the world. He was born in India, educated in England and returned to India where he worked as a journalist and assistant editor. His writing was unusual for the time as he often portrayed the lives of the invisible strata of society in British India such as the British soldier and the prostitute. ''Plain tales'' was his first collection of short stories. They provide a series of small windows into life in British India as viewed by a contemporary.
