Notes on a Scandal | Books
A new book examines how an interracial marriage during the British Raj caused private anguish and public outcry.
by Sumit Ganguly
Oct 11, 2019
2 minutes
In the early days of the East India Company in India, social intercourse between Indians and the British was hardly unknown. This was the era popular British historian, William Dalrymple, has referred to as that of the "white Mughals". Many Englishmen who had come to India to seek their fortunes became genuinely intrigued with the
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