Passing of an era
India, July 7 -- She had white hair, playful eyes, and a dimpled smile. She was kind and friendly, even to strangers. And she wore starched saris. Among the oldest surviving members of Old Delhi's small Christian community, Georgina Lazar died on Saturday evening, aged 94. She had been lately suffering from cough, stomach pains and fever.
Georgina's life was successively centred on two historic Walled City churches. One church was built in the pattern of Italian Gothic style, the other took inspiration from Byzantine architecture.
St. Stephen's Church, near Old Delhi Railway Station, was the church closest to Georgina's childhood home in Gali Bandook Wali. Following her wedding in 1952, she moved to her husband's home, which is part of a ti...
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