An action plan for the beautification and development of the quaint town in Jharkhand is to be rolled out after an important state-level meeting on July 3.
Andrew Perkins has heard of the homeland dream, but he does not believe in it. He has his own dreams, but those are on hold ever since he began looking after the hill-top bungalow in McCluskieganj. For now, the house, full...
Unlike many in McCluskieganj, Nelson ‘Bobby’ Gordon says he would not carry the ‘nostalgia nonsense’ forever. For him, the future would not be a set of stories from the past.
Although I am a practising surgeon at Ranchi, I visit McCluskieganj every weekend to have my share of relaxation, despite an extremely busy schedule. Thanks to the beauty of the place that has attracted me beyond what words...
Catherine ‘Kitty’ Texeira remains the most photographed person appearing on the covers of books and in photographs in articles written about the McCluskieganj. She does not know where she could have gone from Gunj as...
The thin and wiry Majid Ansari, called Canteen Majid after the canteen he once worked at, is a storyteller of McCluskieganj. Not all his stories can be verified because there aren’t many who can remember.
Dennis Meredith returned to McCluskieganj after the death of his father. Everyone will tell you he doesn’t like to talk and dwells in the time gone by. In the Gunj, time is what you have.
Famous photographer Marcus Leatherdale died in McCluskieganj on April 22, 2022. The people of the town have moved on, but they still tell his stories.
A world within a world is running out of time. But the voices of McCluskieganj’s past continue to resonate within its ruins, even as development takes over.
A travelogue detailing the sights and smells of India’s quaint Anglo-Indian town in Jharkhand
Although it features in the name of the film, the movie 'A Death In The Gunj' focuses more on the death and the events leading up to it and not so much on the...
In the 1930s and 40s, Anglo-Indians who moved to McCluskieganj, their new home, had a tough time settling in because of the lack of basic amenities
The colourful people who lived there made McCluskieganj what it was. Alas, only a few are left now
What does being an Anglo-Indian mean for the present generation? Can they ever come together as a community again?
Kitty Texeira, an Anglo-Indian woman, has been living in McCluskieganj for decades, searching for her identity. An extract from Vikas Kumar Jha’s novel
There was a time in the 40s when many Anglo-Indian families moved to Mhow. Most of them worked as railways personnel. But now, most of the families have moved...
Journalist Vikas Kumar Jha first visited McCluskieganj in 1990 to write a story for a magazine. But he fell in love with the unique Anglo-Indian town and ended...
A world within a world is running out of time. But the voices of McCluskieganj’s past continue to resonate within its ruins, even as development takes over
Where are Anglo-Indians, as a community, heading? What does the future hold for them? Will they be around or would they be relegated to the pages of history...
These portraits from 'The Anglo-Indians' by Dileep Prakash capture the many moods of this community spread across the country
