RAJ TO REPUBLIC 105

Life was complex in the days between
Republic  and Raj,
As "now" and "today" gradually merged
With "ubhi" and "aaj".

From Indian culture we held aloof
Though we could speak the local tongue
Despite generations India born
To Western ways we clung.

As Indianization and emigration
Proceeded apace,
Our numbers fell and we became
A rapidly vanishing race.

Not everyone left India
As soon as independence came
We stayed on - finished school -
And life went on the same.

India never lets her children go -
No matter where they roam,
When you return to the land of your birth
You know you have come home.


From an Anglo Indian point of view.