May 18, 2003 - A.Sanford (the author) - Atherton CA, USA
* WOW took me back to cockroach territory -- sure glad we have other folk to fight them here. But we do have them around. YUK!

May 23, 2003 - S.Blackford - Fulham Gardens SA, Australia
* Thank you...for your Winterline Journal of May 2003. I enjoyed browsing through it. Art's experiences of cockroaches certainly took me back to Calcutta and the way my Mum used to attack them, though Art's experiences were worse than anything that I personally have ever seen.

May 29, 2003 - M.Deefholts - Vancouver BC, Canada
* Also loved the tale about cockroaches...my worst nightmare would be waking up to a cockroach crawling across my face! They are monster-sized, those Indian roaches and almost impossible to eradicate. We'd set out poison-saturated balls of flour & water, and the next day the entire house would be pocked with "feet-up-in-the-air" cockroaches! The sweeper would pile them up like heaps of dead leaves and chuck them into a garbage bin. But they were back within a month - and after about three treatments, they'd mutated into poison-immune roaches. So we'd have to buy a different brand of roach-killer!

(Read Art's tale)

May 29, 2003 - M.Deefholts - Vancouver BC, Canada
* Another quick message (I should say fan e-mail) to say I read every article in your May Newsletter and enjoyed every word. Bravo! Chuckled at the locust meal - we had a similar invasion one year, but the cook never thought of serving them up as hors d'oeuvres!

Read Cynthia's Musings on Locusts in Lahore

June 29, 2003 - S.Staub - Tucson AZ, USA
* Your mom's egg curry recipe is similar to mine--I, too, find it hard to follow recipes exactly. I add a tablespoon of Thai or Vietnamese shrimp paste to mine. It gives not quite but almost the same extra flavor produced by Bombay Duck, which our cook used to throw in. (Can't find it here.)

Cilantro Chatni
By Sunita Bouri

July 1, 2003 - M.Deefholts yet again - Vancouver BC, Canada
* I couldn't find a recipe to equal your Mother's Anda Curry or Sunita's wonderful Cilantro Chutney (always a favorite of mine), so I thought I'd spin a yarn about our domestic cook(s) whose culinary wizardry was astounding, given that they worked in kitchens equipped with only a basic chula (coal fired clay stove) and a crudely fashioned metal "box" oven.

Read Margaret's tale:
"Winterline Journal" JULY 2003, Issue #3
(More recipes)

May 19, 2003 - L.Rebeiro - Toronto, Canada
"You say Calcutta and I say Kolkata ...".
* I too read the article about the change in this colourful city's name. Guess what, now the founder of Calcutta is no longer The Founder.
Here's an interesting, short article about the historic ruling by Kolkata's High Court.... (Click link for whole article)

AND MORE about CALCUTTA / KOLKATA:

LEARN about Park Street's "revival" and its cultural import in this delightfully nostalgic Barry O'Brian article, Usha's Park Street Party...(Story coming soon)

Or DISCOVER two worthy charitable organizations that assist impoverished Anglo-Indians of all ages - school children to seniors:

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CAISS - The Calcutta Anglo-Indian Service Society
http://www.angloexchange.com/helping/caiss.shtml

And now to CAISS – A small society dedicated to helping Anglo-Indians in need. And there seem to be a great many. Calcutta always had the highest Anglo-Indian population in India, and probably still has. Britain’s withdrawal from India left them in a difficult position. Many left India – many remained. And so many live in great poverty today.

This small society tries to alleviate the suffering in so many ways. I saw John D’Cruze and Jessie Hiramanick distributing rations one Sunday morning. Not just handing out rations but talking, advising, consoling, admonishing – sorting out the sad stories as well as possible. After that, a visit to Tiljala……down winding lanes and climbing over open drains, visiting people living in various stages of poverty. I felt I did not want to pry into their personal lives to add to the complete lack of privacy they live in.
(Read Rita Wernli's article)

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CTR - Calcutta Tiljala Relief
from the latest CTR newsletter:
"We have increased the numbers of pensioners from 90 to 160 in Calcutta, from 45 to 60 in Madras and from 10 to 20 in Bangalore. We continue to have 16 boarders in Loreto, Entally, but we have increased our Bow Bazaar students from 25 to 35 and have added 20 day scholars in Madras. We are looking at education in Hyderabad. Our Calcutta senior pension boost was due to a very generous donation from Mr Neil Hamiliton of Paris and California, who underwrote the entire increase, by establishing a ‘For love of God - Hamilton Trust Foundation’. And so we continue to attract more supporters and continue to grow (we will probably send about Rs 900,000 to India this year, as compared to about Rs 640,000 in 2002 - a substantial amount of money)

I want you to see that you ARE making a difference in the lives of many Anglo-Indians in India. Please continue your efforts. As we become more aware of our mortality, we have the satisfaction of knowing that we are making the quality of life a little better, for a few of our less fortunate brethren.

Visit Blair's website for information about CTR's specific efforts

As always, any questions or suggestions related to the charity are welcome.
Blair and Ellen Williams
PO Box 6345,
Monroe Twp., NJ 08831, USA
609-860-5856"

(Read Stan's sentimental monologue)

Reader Reviews of the Winterline Journal

May 19, 2003 - S.Bouri - Moreno Valley CA, USA
* I read the...Winterline Journal. It is great and thank you for
including me.... Let me know if you need more recipes. I think it
will great fun.

May 20, 2003 - D.Jonas - Australia
* Thanks ever so much for the Newsletter link. I opened it up and started to read, but soon realized that I could easily get lost and won't want to get ready for work, so when I return from work, [will] check it out. What a wonderful, interesting and professional website/newsletter.
LATER....Thanks heaps for the VERY interesting articles and had to smile when I read about the cockroaches - we get [them] here in the land of Oz as well due to the warm weather.

May 23, 2003 - J.Endinger USA
* Thank you for a site and newslettter I know I am going to enjoy!

June 3, 2003 - R.Crowell -Springfield MA, USA
* Thanks for this "window on the past." I enjoyed the newsletter.