10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEMSAHIB»
Discover the use of
memsahib in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
memsahib and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Indian
memsahib: the untold story of a bureaucrat's wife
Indian Memsahib: The untold story of a bureaucrat's wife is an unconventional look into the world of Indian bureaucracy and its fascinating order.
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Memsahib's writings: colonial narratives on Indian women
Imaginatively organised around key sites of contact, the narratives are arranged in fourteen thematic clusters. This book will appeal to readers interested in gender and colonialism and the writings of the Raj.
Elaine Dandh. “How small?” she asked weakly. “I have invited about five hundred
, but you must not worry. No more than two hundred will be able to come. Some
live in the south of India, some live in the east, in Madras.” Laura turned to Vik.
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The Simple Adventures of a
Memsahib. With 37 Illustrations ...
Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past.
Sara Jeannette Duncan Cotes, 2011
5
The Simple Adventures of a
Memsahib
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Sara Jeanette (Duncan) " Everard Cot, 2011
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The Orwell Mystique: A Study in Male Ideology
From this point of view, it is the memsahib's status as an anomaly that explains
the antagonism directed at her. In British literature relating to the empire she is a
staple caricature, resented by British and Indian alike, and from Kipling to Orwell
...
She had changed, bathed, and fed the child and waited for the memsahib to
come and collect her daughter as she did every morning. By eight o'clock when
the memsahib had still not appeared and the mpishi had not come to the kitchen
to ...
8
Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A Taste of Empire
... where the public and the private merged seamlessly at the juncture of the
home'.117 Procida also asserts that the memsahib and her home were entrusted
with 'the private functions of domesticity to the public demands of imperialism'.
118 ...
Cecilia Leong-Salobir, 2011
9
The Raj Quartet, Volume 3: The Towers of Silence
Questioned about that later she said that in spite of all the little offerings she had
made since the little Memsahib became a widow, the bad spirits had not been
appeased, they had not gone elsewhere, they still infested the bungalow and the
...
Novel exploring human emotions and unfulfiled desires.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEMSAHIB»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
memsahib is used in the context of the following news items.
A delectable legacy - Ahmedabad Mirror
For a memsahib, it was an overwhelming and exciting adventure to be settling in India. "It's quite possible that Wilhelmina felt it made good ... «Ahmedabad Mirror, Jul 15»
Skilling them softly: Skill India without Educate India in a deeply …
One day, a memsahib, ignorant of his working conditions but in thrall of his products, looked at his tired face and gave him the name that ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends review – invention, sex and …
Mrs George Batten – née Mabel Veronica Hatch, an Irish-Indian memsahib who became one of London's more scandalous figures of the 1890s ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Kirtana Kumar goes in search of Morrison
In her play, she thought it would be funny to explore how a "Bangalore memsahib, who in her youth loved The Doors but then got married, ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
How Jinnah lost his love, and political relevance
She wore gossamer-thin saris that clung to her body and had a ready, flirtatious laugh. One prim memsahib described her as "a complete minx. «Times of India, Jun 15»
Delhi Restaurant Review: Days of the Raj
Underlying the premise of Days of the Raj is the collision between two cultures: that of the British memsahib and her desi khansama. DECOR «Times of India, Jun 15»
Still timeless
... how Rosie, initially seated on a cane chair like a privileged memsahib, gets up and perches on the floor as the performance begins; how she ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh: Review
He is accused of being a “congenital tug-mutton” by the English Burra Memsahib whose barge he repairs to pay off his jail debts. Left behind in ... «Toronto Star, May 15»
Banyan, restaurant review: 'A lovely setting but the owners need to …
So when I heard about Banyan, in the Surrey countryside, I grabbed the memsahib and directed the rickshaw-wallah to take us there pronto. «The Independent, May 15»
An epic journey (in Hobson-Jobsonese) through the first Opium War …
But Mrs Burnham, the wife of the self-made merchant nabob, is almost as salty, though she is the memsahib daughter of a brigadier. She is as ... «Spectator.co.uk, May 15»
