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Book Summary
British India generated the largest imperial archive in the world. From the
stacks of administrative reports, minutes, instruction manuals, memoirs, letter
s, reports, cook-books and travelogues the British left behind, this engaging
volume uncovers the minutae of their social life, leisure and relaxation—the
obverse side of the usual picture of the English steadfastly battling heat and
fatigue as they ruled India. Days of the Raj reproduces first-hand accounts of
home-sickness, club culture, mountaineering, Christmas and station parties, and
also records British responses to nautch girls and the zenana, mountains and the
Ganga, fairs and festivals, elephants and mosquitoes and the monsoon. The celebr
ated stock characters of the
- ISBN-13
- 9780143102809
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- Penguin Books India - Penguin
- Publishing Date
- 2009-12-14
- Total Pages
- 328
Days Of The Raj: Life And Leisure In British India
by Pramod K. Nayar (Author),
Penguin Books India - Penguin (Publisher)
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Book Summary
British India generated the largest imperial archive in the world. From the
stacks of administrative reports, minutes, instruction manuals, memoirs, letter
s, reports, cook-books and travelogues the British left behind, this engaging
volume uncovers the minutae of their social life, leisure and relaxation—the
obverse side of the usual picture of the English steadfastly battling heat and
fatigue as they ruled India. Days of the Raj reproduces first-hand accounts of
home-sickness, club culture, mountaineering, Christmas and station parties, and
also records British responses to nautch girls and the zenana, mountains and the
Ganga, fairs and festivals, elephants and mosquitoes and the monsoon. The celebr
ated stock characters of the
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9780143102809
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- Penguin Books India - Penguin
- Publishing Date
- 2009-12-14
- Total Pages
- 328