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Indian women’s travelogues of 19th century England are a grim reminder of elusive freedom

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Indian women’s travelogues of 19th century England are a grim reminder of elusive freedom

[ad_1] On the night of September 1, 1873, Pothum Janakummah Ragaviah, a wealthy woman from Madras, reached London’s Waterloo Station. It was 10.30 pm. She had travelled on a luxury liner via the Suez Canal, which had opened just four years earlier. The journey had taken six weeks – before the canal was inaugurated, it … Read more

South Asia’s cosmopolitan past in the legacy of a 19th century writer

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South Asia’s cosmopolitan past in the legacy of a 19th century writer

[ad_1] On a sultry summer morning in 1863, in the port city of Surat on the western coast of India, while British officers still tossed and turned beneath the mosquito nets covering their beds, and a few intrepid souls chatting in Gujarati made their way to the Tapti river to bathe or wash their clothes … Read more