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Highness: The Maharajahs of India
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Highness: The Maharajahs of India
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12 journalers for this copy...
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I bought this book as I knew nothing about India and thought it was time I learnt! Unsurprisingly, given the title of the book, the main focus is on the rulers of India and their interaction with the British - I didn't really learn anything about the day-to-day lives of "ordinary" Indians. But there is plenty of detail about the astonishing wealth of the maharajahs, pastimes (hunting and cricket), the snobbery and racism amongst the British, the treatment of women. There is also information about what happened since the end of the Empire (1947) and since Indira Gandhi removed the princely privileges in 1972. An interesting read.Bookray! I've decided to offer this as a bookray. Some brief "rules" * Journal the book when you receive it. * PM the next person on the list for their address when you receive it so as to try to avoid hold-ups later on. * If you don't hear from the next participant within a few days, PM them again. If after a few more days you still haven't heard from them, PM me to let me know, and move on to the next person on the list. * Read (and hopefully enjoy!) * Journal again when you've read it to let us know what you think of it! * Surface mail is fine for international postage. Please include this info in your journal entry. Participants 1. Squirk, London, England 2. Sorgin, Gasteiz, Spain 3. eatsletters, Berlin, Germany 4. robert-walker, Rotherham, England 5. YowlYY, Nottingham, England 6. jackiea, Sydney, Australia 7. Readinator, Melbourne, Australia 8. Carlynlee, Perth, Australia 9. Sherlockfan, Wellington, New Zealand 10. mlbish, Pennsylvania, USA 11. Sherri5762, Texas, USA 12. sqdancer, Alberta, Canada 13. aliaskris29, Ottawa, Canada Whoever's at the end of the list decides what happens to it next! |
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Arrived this morning, many thanks to robert-walker for sending it :)It is currently the 6th ray on my TBR pile, so it will take me some time to get to it, but no worries...it will be on its way to Australia within a few weeks.  Picture: Maharajahs Palace, Mysore, Karnataka by derekmcd75 |
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It was a fascinating read, and at the same time a shocking one. I had mixed feelings about the maharajahs: from one point of view, they were living in absolute splendor while their subjects were on the verge of starvation - not unsimilar from other heads of state in Europe not too many years ago, and still going on in many parts of the world today -, however at the same time I felt angry at the colonial power of Britain, as they were treated in many cases just as a lower species - but this is the usual racist issue that gets me going!Ann Morrow has managed to put together a great portrait of a time in life of the British and Indian society, and it was helpful to have some photographs in the middle section of the book to see what those fairytale people looked like. Just a few days ago I saw a documentary on BBC2 on Indira Ghandi, which I HAD to watch, and now I will be on the lookout for more material on the relationship between Britain and India to learn more. The book is going to be shipped on Tuesday to Australia to jackiea...happy reading to you, and thanks to our raymaster for sharing this pearl with the world. Picture of a Sikh in front of the Great Golden Temple in Amritsar by Claude Renault |
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