Susie Baggaley
This can be answered in 2 parts.
1. I visited India in the late 1980's and was awestruck with the architecture, the vastness of the sub-continent and the culture, but horrified at some of the injustices of my own country during Colonial rule.
2. I met an elderly English lady who had lived in India in the 1930's and she relived some of her experiences for me. When I visited the areas which she had talked about and photographed (in full colour) her home/hospital/church where she had not only worked as a doctor but helped build this first Presbyterian church, she was so grateful. Many years later this experience formulated an historical novel plot in my head and CALL ME MAC came alive.
1. I visited India in the late 1980's and was awestruck with the architecture, the vastness of the sub-continent and the culture, but horrified at some of the injustices of my own country during Colonial rule.
2. I met an elderly English lady who had lived in India in the 1930's and she relived some of her experiences for me. When I visited the areas which she had talked about and photographed (in full colour) her home/hospital/church where she had not only worked as a doctor but helped build this first Presbyterian church, she was so grateful. Many years later this experience formulated an historical novel plot in my head and CALL ME MAC came alive.
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