Life, Lilies and Surf

By VikramGSingh

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This is the life story of a South-Indian woman with humble background, making her life emerge from archaic tr... More

Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21

Annexure

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By VikramGSingh

The photos and pictures of the erstwhile era described in the story. They relate to the places in Madras, Delhi and Simla which are the places where the story took place. Some of the photos will be directly connected with incidents in the story and some of them are showing these places in those olden times. I gratefully acknowledge the authors of these photos and give them full credit.


Old Parry's Corner, Madras


Presidency College, Madras


Mount Road, Madras


Old Spencer Building, Madras


Tram of Old Madras, now defunct


Pycrofts Road, Madras


Ice House, Marina Beach: used to by Britishers to keep ice blocks brought from England. Later called Vivekananda House and at present, converted as Vivekananda Heritage Museum


Madras Boat and Shipping


Lodhi Garden, Delhi


Connaught Place, New Delhi


Toy Train - Kalka to Simla


Rail Car - Kalka to Simla

            Gorton Castle, Simla: Office of Accountant General of erstwhile Punjab, including present Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Also IA&AS Training School. Originally Imperial Summer Secretariat of Her Majesty's Government.

Yarrows: Lodging for IA&AS Probationers, Simla (Originally Mohd Ali Jinnah's Residence)


Simla Ridge


Snowfall in Ridge


Vice Regal Lodge, Simla: Summer Palace of Vice Roy and after independence, Indian Institute of Advanced Study 


Tara Devi Temple, Simla


JakhooTemple, Simla: situated on JakhooHill, Simla's highest peak


Clarke's Hotel, Simla

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