And the Twain Shall Meet Three Countries and Three Generations, A Doctor's Story

This poignant memoir of Doctor Lindy Cartner offers an acute insight into life under the Raj, the racial prejudices of both British and Indian society, and the changing lives of women in this transformative period of history. An Indian Tamil born in Rangoon, Cartner recounts her fascinating experiences as a doctor and as a woman following India's independence, in both India and, later, 1960s England. The author's grandfather became a doctor against all the odds, but had she been born in her mother's generation, would she have achieved the same distinguished career? What was life like for Indian women living as minorities in the UK in Lindy Cartner's time? The author here recounts her experiences of the 1942 Mandalay bombings, her education and family life in India, and the challenges of her medical career in England, against the backdrop of Imperial decline and the hugely significant political changes of the 20th Century.

Indian and Tamil and born in Rangoon, Lindy Cartner grew up in British India and moved to the UK in the 1960s. She was a Consultant Haematologist prior to her retirement in 1997 and was also Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Part 1: Burma
Part 2: India
Part 3: England