THE party
carried on long after the British had left. Those who
chose to stay back found enough amusement in the roaring
'50s and '60s-style dances and parties that peppered
cities like Calcutta, Delhi and Bombay, and scores of
small cantonment towns and outposts of the Raj such as
Simla and Mussoorie. Fancy dress balls were the rage at
the Delhi Gymkhana. And anybody, even the usually severe
V.K. Krishna Menon, found the time to unwind, as at this
party for children.
THE party
carried on long after the British had left. Those who
chose to stay back found enough amusement in the roaring
'50s and '60s-style dances and parties that peppered
cities like Calcutta, Delhi and Bombay, and scores of
small cantonment towns and outposts of the Raj such as
Simla and Mussoorie. Fancy dress balls were the rage at
the Delhi Gymkhana. And anybody, even the usually severe
V.K. Krishna Menon, found the time to unwind, as at this
party for children.
