Daughters Of The Raj

Author : June Wilmshurst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Anglo-Indians
ISBN : 1364512998

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Daughters of the Raj by June Wilmshurst Pdf

I was fortunate to have spent my childhood in pre-1947 India, immersed in a leisurely and privileged culture at a time when people did not rely on television and radio for entertainment but enjoyed the company of friends and family for conversation and social interaction. We had a large extended family, going back many generations in India and, as was the custom, we entertained frequently and often had family and friends as house guests to stay. There was much re-telling of old and loved family tales, and new stories were welcome additions to the existing story pool. Gossip, chatter, current affairs debates, ghost stories, songs and parlourgames were our means of passing the time in an enjoyable way. This book is written in affectionate memory of the Raj of my childhood, which was the only real "homeland" my family had ever known, and of the Indian people who were our work colleagues, neighbours, friends and in some cases relatives.

Author : Margaret MacMillan
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812976397

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Women of the Raj by Margaret MacMillan Pdf

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 : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Dalit women
ISBN : 8129147696

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The Elephant Chaser's Daughter by Shilpa Raj Pdf

"Featured in NETFLIX film Daughters of destiny"--Cover.

Author : Jill McGivering
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749021870

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Daughters of India by Jill McGivering Pdf

Isabel, born into the British Raj, and Asha, a young Hindu girl, both consider India their home. Through mischance and accident their stories intersect and circumstances will bring them from the bustling city of Delhi to the shores of the Andaman Islands, from glittering colonial parties to the squalor and desperation of a notorious prison; and into the lives of men on opposing sides of the fight for self-government.As the shadow of the Second World War falls across India, Isabel, caught up in growing political violence, has to make impossible choices - fighting for her love for India, for the man she yearns for, and for her childhood Indian friend, in the face of loyalty to her own country.

Author : Margaret MacMillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : British
ISBN : 005001420X

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Women of the Raj by Margaret MacMillan Pdf

Author : Iris Macfarlane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015067734650

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Daughters of the Empire by Iris Macfarlane Pdf

This study shows how, by supporting their husbands, British women held together the greatest empire on earth, often to their private cost and pain. Based on a very rich collection of letters, diaries, and photographs, it is a story of class, snobbery, racism, but also of suffering and courage, told in a vivid and moving way.

Author : Zareer Masani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0520071271

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Indian Tales of the Raj by Zareer Masani Pdf

As rich and varied as India itself, these accounts bring to the reader the Indian perspective on the British Raj. Included are the memories and experiences of more than fifty Indian men and women who worked under the British, made friends with them, and then fought to throw them out. They describe the role of apprentice under the sahibs, the complex racial barriers that divided the rulers from the ruled, the Western education which eventually encouraged rebellion, and the ways in which liberal British political arguments were turned against the Raj by nationalist campaigns to force the British to quit India.

Author : Vyvyen Brendon
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780227474

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Children of the Raj by Vyvyen Brendon Pdf

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 : Peter R. Kohli,Shaina Kohli Russo
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789354223051

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Raj & Norah by Peter R. Kohli,Shaina Kohli Russo Pdf

'Far from a conventional war story, Raj & Norah is poised at the threshold of worlds colliding - East and West, duty and desire, love and sacrifice. It is richly readable, and a fitting homage to an extraordinary couple who lived through extraordinary times.' - Aanchal Malhotra When World War II broke out in 1939, twenty-year-old Rajendra Kohli was studying chemistry at college in England. Soon, however, he decided to volunteer for the war effort against Germany and joined the army. After his heroic actions on the front left him severely injured, he found himself in Naples for treatment. There, he met Norah Elizabeth Eggleton, a nurse with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. It was love at first sight, and in each other's company, the young couple forgot the devastation that surrounded them. But as quickly as their story began, it was over - Raj was sent to London, Norah was posted to a hospital in Rome, and they wondered if they would ever see each other again. Raj & Norah is not only a thrilling account of love found, lost and reclaimed in the midst of war, it is also a story of two extraordinary individuals battling against their circumstances and what fate has in store for them - one that will captivate and move readers around the world.

Author : Sathya Saran
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789354891496

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Being Ritu by Sathya Saran Pdf

Meet Ritu Nanda. As Raj Kapoor's daughter, she was part of the first family of Bollywood. Her marriage to Rajan Nanda of the Escorts Group led to her joining another illustrious family. Yet, she went on to carve her own identity as an insurance advisor and even got her name into the Guinness Book of World Records. Being Ritu is the story of a woman who shed her shyness and stepped into the limelight, taking on a variety of roles - entrepreneur, insurance advisor, author, negotiator and pioneer. It's about her quiet determination, grace and courage as she lived every moment to its fullest, even while battling a dreaded disease, and touched the lives of everyone around her. It's also about those who added colour to the kaleidoscope of her life - her family, friends, colleagues and well-wishers. With tributes from her sambandhi Amitabh Bachchan, family members Randhir Kapoor, Rima Jain, Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor, as well as friends such as Karan Johar, Sonali Bendre, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Gauri Khan and many others, this is the story of a woman like no other. Meet Ritu Nanda. You will be happy you did.

Author : Margaret MacMillan
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847652003

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The Uses and Abuses of History by Margaret MacMillan Pdf

The past is capricious enough to support every stance - no matter how questionable. In 2002, the Bush administration decided that dealing with Saddam Hussein was like appeasing Hitler or Mussolini, and promptly invaded Iraq. Were they wrong to look to history for guidance? No; their mistake was to exaggerate one of its lessons while suppressing others of equal importance. History is often hijacked through suppression, manipulation, and, sometimes, even outright deception. MacMillan's book is packed full of examples of the abuses of history. In response, she urges us to treat the past with care and respect.

Author : Ritu Nanda
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789352770410

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Raj Kapoor by Ritu Nanda Pdf

Raj Kapoor, the creator of some of Hindi cinema's most enduring classics, is one of the greatest film-makers India has ever produced. As producer, director, actor, editor, storyteller, he blazed a trail for subsequent generations of film-makers to follow and aspire to. He was also known to the world as an extraordinary and controversial showman, an entertainer par excellence, someone who created the template for Hindi cinema.Raj Kapoor: The One and Only Showman is a unique experiment, both an autobiography and a biography. While the autobiography uses his own words, culled from interviews, journals and anecdotes, to provide an intimate glimpse into the mind of a genius, the biography is an attempt to record for posterity the lesser-known facets of his magnificent personality through the recollections of his family, colleagues and friends. As revealing as it is engaging, this is a fascinating portrait of the man regarded as the last of the true movie moguls of Indian cinema.

Author : Lana Button
Publisher : Owlkids
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1771473401

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Raj's Rule (for the Bathroom at School) by Lana Button Pdf

A lighthearted read-aloud about facing a common childhood fear

Author : Ava Homa
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781683358947

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Daughters of Smoke and Fire by Ava Homa Pdf

The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writer Set primarily in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel weaves 50 years of modern Kurdish history through a story of a family facing oppression and injustices all too familiar to the Kurds. Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up. Her younger brother, Chia, influenced by their father’s past torture, imprisonment, and his deep-seated desire for justice, begins to engage with social and political affairs. But his activism grows increasingly risky and one day he disappears in Tehran. Seeking answers about her brother’s whereabouts, Leila fears the worst and begins a campaign to save him. But when she publishes Chia’s writings online, she finds herself in grave danger as well. Inspired by the life of Kurdish human rights activist Farzad Kamangar and published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of his execution, Daughters of Smoke and Fire is an evocative portrait of the lives and stakes faced by 40 million stateless Kurds. It’s an unflinching but compassionate and powerful story that brilliantly illuminates the meaning of identity and the complex bonds of family. A landmark novel for our troubled world, Daughters of Smoke and Fire is a gripping and important read, perfect for fans of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun.

Author : Coralie Younger
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015061276880

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Wicked Women Of The Raj : European Women Who Broke Society Rules And Married Life by Coralie Younger Pdf

An unputdownablc factual account of the zenana world of the rajas and sultans of India, concentrating on the firangi bahus and begums of this veiled world of myths and folklores. The book gives us the stories of twenty different European women who broke society's rules to marry the 'heathen' Indian princes. Who were these women? Were they gold-diggers, or hopeless romantics hoping to enact their own Cinderella fairy-tale? Did they live happily ever after? Set against the backdrop of India's independence struggle, the book has a delicious and potent mix of flavours - the end of the British Raj and the downfall of the pompous and extravagant Indian aristocracy.