To see ourselves as others
see us is not always edifying but it certainly is instructive…The episodes
recorded here are both intriguing and readable. Without perhaps her
meaning it, the writer has sought to prove that the westernisation of the
upper class Indian is always skin deep; down below caste and age-old
inhibitions are as powerful as ever. The appraisal may be harsh and
uncompromising, but it will be unfair to say that the writer has not been
honest. The Pioneer Lucknow
It’s a masterpiece and like
a poem and occupies itself with matters which are universally interesting
such as the human character. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas