By: Admin Super
When people think of India’s history with British colonialism, they probably think of a time of oppression, of the East India Company, and of Indian activist and independence campaigner Mahatma Gandhi. While many know the grand struggle of India at the time, the minutiae and the day to day lives, thoughts, feelings, hopes, and dreams of people living during that time are rarely explored (and Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim” doesn’t count). In the new book The British in India, author David Gilmour aims to dive into this, digging into the very ambitions of a diverse tapestry of people. Ranging from missionaries to merchants…
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