khidmatgar

Updated: May 1, 2025

We walk upon cool matting; we recline upon long-armed chairs; low and heavy punkahs swing overhead; a sweet breathing of wet khaskhas grass comes sobbing out of the thermantidote; and a gigantic but gentle khidmatgar is always at our elbow with long glasses on a silver tray. This man's name is Nubby Bux, but he means nothing by it, and a child might play with him. It is near noon. My friend Mr.

George Robert Aberigh-Mackay - Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series

Roberts, with bare feet and a rope round his neck, comes forward, performs Kadambosi and presents the keys of Sherpur to the Gryphon, who hands them graciously to his Extra Assistant Deputy Khidmatgar General.

George Robert Aberigh-Mackay - Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series