‘India, Empire, and First World War Culture’ by Santanu Das review
India’s First World War experience as seen through personal archives.
India
India Breaks Free?
India’s decision to decriminalise homosexuality is presented as the country shaking off the last vestiges of colonialism. The reality is not so simple.
The Last Emperor of India
The voice of the British monarch carried considerable weight in imperial India. Its slow silencing mirrored the retreat of Britain from the subcontinent.
Iron Demons to Break British Mettle
The creation of India’s fantastic rail network was the work of the British Raj, but it came at a high price for Indians themselves.
A Personal History of South India
An eclectic account of the complex history of south India, where centuries move back and forth.
Whose Civilising Mission?
The story of the skull of a victim of the Indian Uprising of 1857 raises profound questions about imperialism.
The Partition of India
An analytical view of the traumatic Partition offers fresh perspectives on the devastating human cost.
Islamic Heartlands and India in the 18th Century
The chance survival of a ‘postbag’ of letters reveals a lost world of merchants, pilgrims, bankers and scholars.
Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India
The foundations of modern India were laid by the British governor-general, Warren Hastings. But he paid a heavy personal price.
The Map: Madhyaloka, 1850
A map of the Jain universe.