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Open Letters to Lord Curzon on Famines and Land Assessments in India
This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1900 edition by Kegan Paul, Trench, Tr_bner & Co., Ltd., London.
348 pages, Paperback
First published September 12, 2013
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December 29, 2020
An Indian lawyer and a go-between twixt the British administration and the educated Indian elite. His books are brilliant pieces appealing to common sense for better British rule and fairer treatment of the Indian, especially at the level of governance.
Anyone seriously interested in the Raj and the history of British India must read all they can by Romesh Dutt. Not only is the book in question easy to digest, but it is also potent in its message and deep in its learning and understanding.
Lord Curzon was one of the more enlightened viceroys sent to the sub-continent but that didn't hinder Dutt from forcing many issues before the regal governor. His 'Open Letters' is a small, and probably the best of any such publications, that offers a quick and intense image of the failings of British rule in India.
My wife picked it up as there was not much on telly and devoured it in moments. I used it as part of my MA thesis and later my book ‘Holocaust in the Raj: The Great Famine of India (1876-78)’ and soon discovered that she was a well-read expert on the theme and was able to debate a wide range of issues concerning the topic only after having read this one small text.
You may not get your money's worth as far as pages per pound are concerned, but as far pages per concept go you have found yourself a bargain.
Anyone seriously interested in the Raj and the history of British India must read all they can by Romesh Dutt. Not only is the book in question easy to digest, but it is also potent in its message and deep in its learning and understanding.
Lord Curzon was one of the more enlightened viceroys sent to the sub-continent but that didn't hinder Dutt from forcing many issues before the regal governor. His 'Open Letters' is a small, and probably the best of any such publications, that offers a quick and intense image of the failings of British rule in India.
My wife picked it up as there was not much on telly and devoured it in moments. I used it as part of my MA thesis and later my book ‘Holocaust in the Raj: The Great Famine of India (1876-78)’ and soon discovered that she was a well-read expert on the theme and was able to debate a wide range of issues concerning the topic only after having read this one small text.
You may not get your money's worth as far as pages per pound are concerned, but as far pages per concept go you have found yourself a bargain.
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