. . . . . "\"This is the delightful story of how Krupasindu grew from a shy young apprentice clerk into a most important man, along a path strewn with rewarding 'services' to the English Sahibs, and highly profitable 'acts of kindness' to worthwhile--this is, rich--fellow Indians. World wars, riots, freedom movements are all hardly more than murmurs in the background of this tongue-in-cheek tale set in pre-Independence India.\"--Page 4 of cover."@en . "Indian ink"@en . "Indian ink" . . . . . . . "Indian ink : a novel"@en . . "Indian Ink. A novel"@en .