Stories from the Raj - Sahibs, Memsahibs and Others

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author = Pran Nevile
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country = India
language = English
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genre = Indian History Indian Culture
publisher = Nevile Books
release_date = 2004
media_type = Print (Softcover)
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isbn = ISBN 8187981644
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"Stories from the Raj - Sahibs, Memsahibs and Others" takes one into the lives of Sahibs and Memsahibs, and offers an array of entertaining tales about their interests and lifestyles – from the Sahibs' enthusiasm for nautch parties and pig-sticking, to the First Imperial Durbar in Delhi, to intriguing stories about Brahmin astrologers, and fascinating accounts of jugglers adept at the great Indian rope trick. Nevile's prose has the relaxed, easy familiarity of a veteran dinner-table raconteur, and the narrative, interspersed with period paintings and photographs, transports the reader to another era – the Raj, its set of cultural idiosyncrasies, and a colourful cast of mavericks and their eccentricities.

Contents

* SECTION I
** Sahibs and Bibis
** The Oldest Professkion
** Memsahibs and the Indian Marriage Bazar
** Mautch Nostalgia
** Banning of an Indian Erotic Epic
* SECTION II
** India Through the Lens
** Early Pictures of Indian Life
** Portrayal of Indian Women by British Artuists
** Indian Paintings for the Sahibs
* SECTION III
** Fanny Parks - First Indophile Memsahib Traveller, Writer and Artist
** Lola Montez - From Memsahib to Royal Mistress
** From Farzana to Begum Joanna Sumroo
* SECTION IV
** Holi and Diwali - Two Queens of Festivals
** Imperial Lahore - The Paris of the East
** Pageantry of Princely India - A French View
** First Imperial Durbar in Delhi - 1877
* SECTION V
** When Predictions Came True: The Brahmin Who Saw Tomorrow
** Sahib's Fancy for the Hookah
** The Great Rope and Other Tricks
** Shikar and Animal Fights
** From Arrack to Whisky

External links

* [http://www.prannevile.com?type=book&page_id=5 Pran Nevile's website]