Out of India

Born in India in 1937, Michael Foss's childhood was spent between the cold, gray austerity of Britain under threat, and the brightly lit vitality of wartime India. His was a childhood spent amongst grudging and unloving English relations; a sufferance of cruelly harsh schooling, and a bleak, dank landscape. All of this was suddenly changed for the subcontinent's jumble of conflicting sights, sounds and smells: the vital, stinking, hot, noisy, crowded streets; the calm and quiet grace of mogul architecture. This is a wry, affectionate reflection on a childhood spent between two continents, two civilizations, two versions of history.Foss, Michael is the author of 'Out of India ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780753193136 and ISBN 0753193132.