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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

The Constitution’s emancipatory promises on caste remain elusive

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The Constitution’s emancipatory promises on caste remain elusive

[ad_1] For a series of 11 short treatises by leading scholars on the ideas of free India’s Constitution, we thought it fitting to invite India’s highly regarded scholar Anand Teltumbde – also one who recently served time as a prisoner of conscience – to write the closing book in the series. In this chain of … Read more