ASGAR ‘GARY’ SADIQ was a light-skinned Anglo-Indian, and he had spent most of his life in England as he had undergone all his schooling there.
‘A long way from home,’ Rafferty commented. ‘What did you do during the holidays? Stay with your English relatives or fly back?’
Sadiq shook his head. ‘Neither. My mother’s family disowned her when she married my father. And it was too far and too costly to return to India in the holidays. The fees cost all that my parents could spare. No I mostly stayed with school-friends. I stayed with Giles several times and Sebastian. I even stayed with Adam once, though it was an experience that neither of us chose to repeat.’
‘Oh? Why was that?’
‘I’m quite competitive. Adam had never had occasion to discover this at school, as we weren’t competitive in th
