Siddharth’s Reviews > The Great Hedge of India: The Search for the Living Barrier that Divided a People > Status Update

A mix of a memoir (in which the author searches for the Customs line in 1996-1998 in India) and a recounting of India's history under British rule, with a focus on tax collection and the ingenious, oppressive, and ruthless strategies employed by bureaucrats.

The vileness of the actions discussed in the book infuriated me. At times, the idiocy and base selfishness of princely state rulers confounded me.