User blog comment:Ashadj/Indian Summers 2016/@comment-46199912-20200627102918

This was a wonderful show. Historically speaking it generally reflects the times well, though it makes the gov't of British India, and the "official" Simla community look much smaller than it was in reality. Some other shortcomings stem from the shooting locations. The locals in Simla would be Pahadi-speaking mountain folk. The extras are mostly Malaysian Tamils, often wearing clothing that was not seen in Simla. At 7000+ feet above sea level, no one would be bare-chested in a lungi. This also shows up in their comical Hindi pronuncialtion. It sounds like they are trying to speak Swedish. One very egregious error is the jubilee sign. Meant to look hand-painted, it is printed in "Papyrus" -- a font that was only created about 50 years later!