Facsimile Publisher Curry Rice on Forty Plates, or, the Ingredients of Social life at 'Our Station' in India.

by George Francklin Atkinson

The author has described the cultural heritage of India, especially in the three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay at the time of British rule during a journey in the East, where he is supposed to get a warm welcome most assuredly. He may dissipate at once and for ever some of those fallacious opinions and crude notions that he persists in entertaining regarding that land called ‘India’. That he may experience a pleasant time of it during his visit at ‘Our Station’. He indulges a hope, and if in the Plates of ‘Curry and Rice’, now set before him, the flavor is found to be a little too spicy and a little too pungent, and, to many perhaps, a thought too hot, remember that it is the nature of Curry to be so. Trusting, however, that it will prove to be a dish to his liking, and leaving him alone to partake of it, and he hopes enjoy it. Through the numerous illustrations, the author explores the condition of the inhabitants in view of giving the book a uniform and beautiful touch. In that context, the book is good for all.

Genres: India, Nonfiction

170 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Jbondandrews · Rating 2 out of 5]

The pictures were really the only good thing about this book, even though I had seen some of them before. Atkinson was far too racist despite trying to make light of things.

[AMythicalBeast · Rating 3 out of 5]

Done! Finally.

Review to come. (Please hold your breath).

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