Journals

Angelica de Carrion inscription

Chowkidar Autumn 2022 Preview

September 19, 2022

A MOVING INSCRIPTION In January this year Mr Anirban Bhadra, of Calcutta decided to photograph every tomb in the South…

Grave of Sergeant Watkins, Quartermaster Sergeant of the 6th Regiment

Chowkidar Spring 2022 Preview

February 24, 2022

THE MAZAAR OF SERGEANT WATKINS ‘On a recent visit to Allahabad I was shocked beyond words to find that in…

Julius Soubise

Chowkidar Autumn 2021 Preview

September 27, 2021

THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF JULIUS SOUBISE In 1764 a young black slave boy, born at St Kitts in the West…

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The continuing travel restrictions mean there are few visitors’ reports of cemeteries in South Asia and publishers are holding back…

BACSA Chowkidar

REDISCOVERING THE GRAVE OF LADY SALE Thanks to details and a photograph published in Chowkidar in 1986, Dominic Medley has…

BACSA Chowkidar

Chowkidar Autumn 2019 Preview

November 18, 2019

PLANTATION DESPAIR Nostalgia for the Raj often presents a glamorous picture of British life in India before Independence in 1947,…

BACSA Chowkidar

THE SEARCH FOR COLONEL HEATH `Let me tell you my story,’ began the message from Michael Heath, and it is…