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    Vintage Tales: Eurasian Short Stories
    Vintage Tales: Eurasian Short Stories
    Vintage Tales: Eurasian Short Stories
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    Vintage Tales: Eurasian Short Stories

    By Warren Brown

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    Vintage Tales is a collection of short stories based on the mixed-race community of India, called Eurasians or Anglo-Indians. These short stories and short sketches by Warren Brown an Eurasian author provide an insight into life in Calcutta. 
    This interesting mixture of short stories also depict the culture and heritage of the disappearing Anglo-Indian community in India. 
    Anglo-Indians are the mixed race, which originated in India during the British Raj or the Colonial period in India. The British went to India as Traders in 1600 and left India after ruling it for over 400 years, in 1947. British soldiers married or had affairs with Indian women and their offspring were called Eurasians or Anglo-Indians.
    Definition of “Anglo-Indian”: The Male Ancestor is British or European! An Anglo-Indian is defined as “a person who is of mixed British/European and Indian descent, and whose Grandfather on the male side is British or European”.
    Anglo-Indians are the only minority community, whose native language is English, who are Christian by faith and who are an urban community in India, with their own Heritage, Culture with a western background.
    A few popular Anglo-Indians are Alistair McGowan,George Orwell,Rudyard Kipling,Norman Hutchinson, Peter Sarsted,Cliff Richard and Englebert Humperdinck. Melvyn Brown in Calcutta is known as the Chronicler of the Anglo-Indian community worldwide, having self published a large number of books and newsletters on the Anglo-Indian race, which is slowly vanishing into the annals of history.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWarren Brown
    Release dateDec 4, 2017
    ISBN9781386923237
    Vintage Tales: Eurasian Short Stories
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    Warren Brown

    Warren Brown is an Author who has written in several genres from fiction to non-fiction. Warren is a certified Life Coach and Hypnotherapist. Warren completed his Advertising and Copywriting training through American Writers and Artists Inc. (AWAI).  I have been an Indie publisher for over eleven years now. I have been writing and publishing on the web since 1993. Website: https://warren4.wixsite.com/warren Medium: https://warrenauthor.medium.com/ Substack: https://warrenbrown.substack.com/

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      Vintage Tales - Warren Brown

      London

      2017

      Vintage Tales: Eurasian Short Stories

      by Warren Brown

      Copyright @ 2017 by Warren Brown

      Cover: Warrenz Designs

      LONDON

      2017

      ·  Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not reflect the opinions of any other person, company, group or organization. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      DEDICATION

      Dedicated To My Parents

      Joan and Melvyn Brown

      Immortal Mortals

      The painter crouched on the pavement on his hands and knees, he paid no attention to the crowds which had gathered around him. The street was bustling with activity and yet the sound of the people and the traffic did not bother him in the least. He was too absorbed in his art to even look around at the crowd which hovered above him and watched anxiously as he completed the drawing of Lord Krishna, on the hard grey cemented pavement, which was the drawing room of his home, which was a little away under a makeshift plastic tent .

      The Librarian stared hard at the painting on the side-walk and seemed to be studying the intricate lines and the scheme of colours which had been used. He took out a one rupee coin and threw it beside the artist, others began to throw coins, though half the crowd had left after the sketch was completed. Robert Willis the elderly Anglo-Indian librarian who worked at the Ezekiel College Library nearby, looked at his watch and then realizing he would be late for work, went hurrying towards the College, which was quite close by to where the roadside artist had his concrete canvas.

      Good Morning, Sir!, said one of the students who was from the college and would frequent the library regularly. Good Morning, Asha.

      How are you? , will you be coming to the library today? The book you had wanted to take on loan , was returned yesterday. Make sure to come today to collect it, before it is borrowed by some other student or Professor ", said Mr. Willis with a smile on his genial face. He would always wear a white dhoti and a white shirt to work, during winters he would wear a grey coat. He was lean in appearance, of medium height and he wore small black-rimmed spectacles.

      The Day was busy and at 6pm as the tired Librarian walked home , he could not help noticing that the street -painter , had also retired for the day, after cleaning the section of pavement where he would do his sketches .The painter would visit the spot for about a month before moving to another spot in the city. Robert was sympathetic towards the painter who he had been seeing since the time he joined the College almost 40 years ago. He would look forward to seeing the painter once a year and he was always happy to see his art on the road, once a year for one month.

      When Robert arrived home he was pleased to see his wife Ruth, she was his College sweetheart and was about five years younger than him, she was waiting for him in the living room. Ruth had a big smile on her heart shaped face, as she said, Hi Robert, How was your day?. The Librarian of the family gave her a warm smile although he was feeling quite exhausted and said, Ruth my dear, I had a wonderfully busy day, How was yours?. Ruth who was a housewife , now proceeded to inform him about all that occurred at home since the morning. Her husband listened attentively, and nodded his head now and again.

      After the initial rush of students for books had ended, the library was quiet and the Librarian Robert could now rest a while. It was during the afternoons when a few regular students would pay him a visit and ask him for his advice and suggestions that he would listen and give advice as best he could, Anjali, a first year student of the Media and Communications Department approached the desk. Good afternoon, Sir! I need your advice regarding choosing a topic for my Media and Communications Course, it should be about any person or place which has somehow made a difference in the world, it can also be about any issue which is important in the world today. The Librarian nodded his head and said, Give me a day to think about it and I will inform you about it tomorrow, when you come for classes. They proceeded to discuss the issues on Careers, Employment opportunities and other matters which are so necessary when young people have to step out into the world.

      Ten years later, when boys grow up to be responsible men, girls grow up to be either mothers, housewives or career women , the time when saplings develop into trees and the time when roses and blossoms whither, decay and are rejuvenated with new life, is the time when Ezekiel College celebrated 400 years of its establishment. People from all spheres of life, who had been students of the College, came for the grand Celebrations. The College was unrecognizable with all the decorations and to some sentimental persons it seemed to resemble a bride waiting for her new groom to arrive.

      The College Auditorium was filled with students, past and present, Professors, teachers, nuns , priests and almost everyone who had been connected to the College at some time in their lives.

      The hall was beautifully decorated and the ambience was that of joy and celebration. A wave of emotion swept the audience as the historical College Anthem was sung , tears collected in more than a few eyes that evening. The Principal of the College said a few words and the Programme started on a cheerful and promising note. The Chief Guest, Foundress of the International Organization, Mending Lives, Lighting Candles, Mrs. Anjali Kapoor, walked up to the podium to give her speech.

      Dressed in a light green shimmering sari, she looked elegant and she seemed to be in her mid thirties. Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen, and students both past and present, I am very happy to be here today. I am an ex-student of our beloved Institution Ezekiel College and the influence of the teachers and Professors have left an indelible mark on my mind and I am sure on the minds and hearts of each and every student of this College who studied here. I am a success in my field of work and I owe it to the Librarian of this College , Mr. Robert Willis, who gave me the inspiration to start my organization, and who also thought that the seeds of greatness and leadership are in each one of us. The following video clip was made by me, when I was a second year student of the College , in the Media and Communications Department. The topic was suggested to me by our Librarian Mr. Willis and it was also the filming of this extraordinary man, a road-side painter, which made a difference in my life. Though our beloved librarian Mr. Robert Willis is no more, his words of encouragement will always remain in the minds and in the hearts of all those who knew him.

      The lights went out in the Auditorium and the big silver screen on stage lit up brightly. On screen

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