Monday, Mar 03, 2008 Hunting for 'Raj' roots Karen Shaw is looking for the Fort Cochin she knew as a child. Showing Priyadershini S. the sepia tinted photos of the 40s and 50s, she tells her the place has changed little. The year India got freedom Karen Taylor, now Shaw, was born to Edward Hugh Taylor (Jimmy) and Mabel Taylor (Joey), at Neyyar. Karen's father was manager of Bonacad tea estate. Sixty years later, Karen Shaw is back, clutching precious, sepia-tinted photographs of Fort Cochin of the 40s and 50s. She is literally walking down memory lane looking for those familiar sights she enjoyed as a young girl. "Fort Cochin is all too memorable to me as we were down here very often at my aunt's place. My aunt, father's sister, Bess was married to Jack Kempson Hopkins, chairman and GM of Aspinwall and Co. Limited, Cochin. My uncle and aunt were married at the St. Francis church. We, my husband Gerry and me, went through the marriage register and have taken a copy of the marriage certificate." [snip] http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/03/stories/2008030350480100.htm ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India