An Aussie against the goras

It took Mr Ranjan, who is an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), eight years to write this book

John Lang

Author: Amit Ranjan

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Pages: 470

Price: Rs 800

It was by sheer chance that a few years ago I bought three thin paperback books by John Lang. I had no idea who he was but the books once more confirmed what everyone knows: Australians don’t like the English.

India has had the pleasure of having hosted two such Australians. One was Sir Osborne Smith, the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He was shown the door by the British just two years after starting the RBI because he would often be obstreperously uncooperative with them.