The stories they tell .....
These are houses along the Railway line on the way to Madras ..no not Chennai as the days these houses existed with its people was when it was Madras .
These houses housed Raiway staff like gaurds ,station masters,engine drivers,etc .
Most in days of the British hailed from Anglo indian community which was the same till about 2 to 3 decades following independence ,
remember the malayalam film Chattakari based on an anglo indian engine drivers daughter .
Most migrated to thier home country or England or to Australia .
Slowly Indians occupied these houses and later they were abandoned to become shells .
If one stands by their side in empty moonlight I am sure one can hear the tinkle of glasses , the chords of the piano , the clink of glasses in the flickering light of candles and a robust
good night dahling Rosie .
You bet Fredrick
These are houses along the Railway line on the way to Madras ..no not Chennai as the days these houses existed with its people was when it was Madras .
These houses housed Raiway staff like gaurds ,station masters,engine drivers,etc .
Most in days of the British hailed from Anglo indian community which was the same till about 2 to 3 decades following independence ,
remember the malayalam film Chattakari based on an anglo indian engine drivers daughter .
Most migrated to thier home country or England or to Australia .
Slowly Indians occupied these houses and later they were abandoned to become shells .
If one stands by their side in empty moonlight I am sure one can hear the tinkle of glasses , the chords of the piano , the clink of glasses in the flickering light of candles and a robust
good night dahling Rosie .
You bet Fredrick
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