At the tender age of eighteen, Charles Nida signed up for a three-year tour of duty in India. But not for him the officers’ mess, or the charmed ranks of the heaven-born. He became a “chota sahib” (little man), rubbing shoulders with the ordinary folk of India, treating them as equals and being treated likewise.
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From 1913-1916 Charles Nida roved the peninsula as a “box-wallah”—a travelling salesman in clothing and general supplies, until he joined a volunteer unit to make Spike Milligan weep tears of mirth, planning to ride into battle on motorcycle-mounted Maxim guns.
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With little time for the stifling snobbery he encountered everywhere he went, Charles Nida’s keen eye focusses a crisp, if sepia-tinted, image of India under British domination as it slid into “the war to end all wars”.
Details
- Publication Date
- Dec 9, 2007
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781409211730
- Category
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Charles Nida
Specifications
- Pages
- 168
- Binding
- Linen Wrap
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)