As August 1947 approached so the British prepared to leave India. Train packed with soldiers rattled down to Bombay and British and Indian bands played ‘And Lang Syne’ as the last boats pulled away from the Gateway of India. Many wept with sadness and others with rage as their lives, sometimes generations of lives, were uprooted. But some stayed on others who had grown up in India shortly returned. Over the next 60 years they adapted to modern India while always being conscious of their legacy, the inheritance of the Raj.

This is their story, through their eyes we see how the legacy of the Raj has withered over the years. How also still with their help it is evolving in the new millennium, from post-imperial hangover to heritage industry, from the singing of Victorian hymns in Neo-Gothic churches to a new Christian evangelism, from Shakespeare wallahs to multi-media English language teaching and call centres.