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Author : Rohan
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1803130245
Child of the Raj covers a unique and fascinating period of British and Indian history, as seen through the eyes of someone who lived through it.
Author : Vyvyen Brendon
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 46,19 MB
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1780227477
Vyvyen Brendon's evocative, at times heart-tugging book, runs from the 18th century and the East India Company, through the Afghan wars, the Indian mutiny and the more settled era of the Queen Empress, and culminates in the conflict leading to Britain's hurried exit in 1947. Its subject is the young progeny of traders, soldiers, civil servants, missionaries, planters, engineers and what should be done with them. Until the coming of air travel these children often only saw their parents every few years. Then there were the children born of Anglo-Indian marriages and affairs. Sent back to Britain they were often reviled as 'darkies', 'a touch of the tar-brush'. And then there were the children educated in India. Brendon reveals appalling stories of abuse at the hands of servants. What frequently unites Brendon's wildly different subjects is their loneliness--drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and interviews, she portrays children who had to discipline themselves to adapt (often ingeniously) to unfamiliar cultures, far away from family and forced to spend termtime in boarding schools and holidays with unfamiliar families.
Author : Laurence Fleming
Publisher : Radcliffe Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,19 MB
Release : 2004-12-17
Category : History
ISBN :
Here is a unique entry-point into British and Indian social and cultural history in the last and momentous period in the history of the Raj. It is a vivid collection of individual memories of children born between 1914 and 1940 and who spent their childhood and adolescence in British India or the Princely States. It includes details of the roots in India, family connections, friendships with other British and Indian children, journeys, adventures, questions of color and race, and impressions of the Raj. The Second World War forms a natural break--war-time India, Independence and Partition, and the postwar return--how did they feel about the new India, and what had India given them and what did they give to India?
Author : Margaret MacMillan
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 11,75 MB
Release : 2007-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0812976398
In the nineteenth century, at the height of colonialism, the British ruled India under a government known as the Raj. British men and women left their homes and traveled to this mysterious, beautiful country–where they attempted to replicate their own society. In this fascinating portrait, Margaret MacMillan examines the hidden lives of the women who supported their husbands’ conquests–and in turn supported the Raj, often behind the scenes and out of the history books. Enduring heartbreaking separations from their families, these women had no choice but to adapt to their strange new home, where they were treated with incredible deference by the natives but found little that was familiar. The women of the Raj learned to cope with the harsh Indian climate and ward off endemic diseases; they were forced to make their own entertainment–through games, balls, and theatrics–and quickly learned to abide by the deeply ingrained Anglo-Indian love of hierarchy. Weaving interviews, letters, and memoirs with a stunning selection of illustrations, MacMillan presents a vivid cultural and social history of the daughters, sisters, mothers, and wives of the men at the center of a daring imperialist experiment–and reveals India in all its richness and vitality. “A marvellous book . . . [Women of the Raj] successfully [re-creates] a vanished world that continues to hold a fascination long after the sun has set on the British empire.” –The Globe and Mail “MacMillan has that essential quality of the historian, a narrative gift.” –The Daily Telegraph “MacMillan is a superb writer who can bring history to life.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer “Well researched and thoroughly enjoyable.” –Evening Standard
Author : Shilpa Raj
Publisher : Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Dalit women
ISBN : 9788129147691
"Featured in NETFLIX film Daughters of destiny"--Cover.
Author : Lana Button
Publisher : Owlkids
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 35,20 MB
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781771473408
A lighthearted read-aloud about facing a common childhood fear
Author : Mulk Raj Anand
Publisher : Orient Paperbacks
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2005-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788122203684
About the author: mulk raj anand, an indian english language author who depicted the lives of the poorer castes in a traditional indian society anand, a novelist, short story writer, essayist and an art critic, is frequently referred to as the founding father of indo-english writing anands prolific writing career spanned over 75 years, during which he was widely identified with the quest for a just, equitable and forward looking india anand wrote extensively in areas as diverse as art and sculpture, politics, indian literature and the history of ideas he has been conferred with several awards including the sahitya akademi award in 1972 and the padma bhushan for his contribution to english literature
Author : Salman Rushdie
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 2010-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307367754
Winner of the Booker prize and twice winner of the Booker of Bookers, Midnight's Children is "one of the most important books to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation" (New York Review of Books). Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the original publication--with a new introduction from the author--Salman Rushdie's widely acclaimed novel is a masterpiece in literature. Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India’s 1,000 other “midnight’s children,” all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts. This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people–a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Midnight’s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time.
Author : Pamela Cameron-Clarke
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 2012
Category : British
ISBN : 9780987222169
"In her anecdotal memoir Child of the Raj, Pamela Cameron-Clarke provides a unique view of her past which is now part of history. Born in India in the days of the British Raj, Pamela enjoyed an incredible lavish and privileged way of life." -- P. [vii].
Author : Kathleen T. Pelley
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1607342774
When a new manager brings Snowball, a grouchy cat, to the shop where Raj and his owner live and work, Snowball informs Raj that he is not the tiger everyone believes him to be.