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When
I
had
first
told
him
the
name
we'd
chosen
for
our
daughter,
Abe
had
suggested
that
it
was
a
pretty
damn
waspy
title
for
the
offspring
of
an
Indian
princess
and
a
Chicago
pollock.-
-
-
I
never
would
have
chosen
the
name
"Victoria"
but
was
secretly
delighted
by
it.
Amrita
first
suggested
it
one
hot
day
in
July
and
we
treated
it
as
a
joke.
It
seemed
that
one
of
her
earliest
memories
was
of
arriving
by
train
at
Victoria
Station
in
Bombay.
That
huge
edifice
-
one
of
the
remnants
of
the
British
Raj,
which
evidently
still
defines
India
-
had
always
filled
Amrita
with
a
sense
of
awe.
Since
that
time,
the
name
Victoria
had
evoked
an
echo
of
beauty,
elegance
and
mystery
in
her.
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When I had first told him the name we'd chosen for our daughter, Abe had suggested that it was a pretty damn waspy title for the offspring of an Indian princess and a Chicago pollock.- - -
I never would have chosen the name Victoria
but was secretly delighted by it. Amrita first suggested it one hot day in July and we treated it as a joke. It seemed that one of her earliest memories was of arriving by train at Victoria Station in Bombay. That huge edifice - one of the remnants of the British Raj, which evidently still defines India - had always filled Amrita with a sense of awe. Since that time, the name Victoria had evoked an echo of beauty, elegance and mystery in her.
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