{"product_id":"29430-days-of-the-raj-life-and-leisure-in-british-india","title":"Days of the Raj  -  Life and Leisure in British India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Pramod K Nayar\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Pramod K Nayar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 310\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9780143102809\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish India generated the largest imperial archive in the world. From the stacks of  administrative reports, minutes, instruction manuals, memoirs, letters, reports, cook-books and travelogues the British left behind, this engaging volume uncovers the minutae of their social life, leisure and relaxation—the obverse side of the usual picture of the English steadfastly battling heat and fatigue as they ruled India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDays of the Raj reproduces first-hand accounts of home-sickness, club culture, mountaineering, Christmas and station parties, and also records British responses to nautch girls and the zenana, mountains and the Ganga, fairs and festivals, elephants and mosquitoes and the monsoon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe celebrated stock characters of the Raj—from the surly khansamah to the errant syce, from the griffin to the district magistrate’s shopaholic wife—are all here. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePramod Nayar has put together a fascinating account of the lighter side of colonial life in India. This volume provides a vivid and entertaining snapshot of the Raj at play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tRaj Travels \u003cbr\u003e1.\tThe Voyage Out \u003cbr\u003e2.\tImperial Landscapes \u003cbr\u003e3.\tTravel and Tourism in India \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.\tRaj Homes\u003cbr\u003e1.\tRaj Days \u003cbr\u003e2.\tHousing and Homes \u003cbr\u003e3.\tReligion \u003cbr\u003e4.\tHealth Matters \u003cbr\u003e5.\tDomesticity \u003cbr\u003e6.\tEmpire Menus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.\tRaj Leisure \u003cbr\u003e1.\tCommodities and Consumption\u003cbr\u003e2.\tThe English Social Scene\u003cbr\u003e3.\tIndian Entertainment \u003cbr\u003e4.\tGardening \u003cbr\u003e5.\tThe Shikar \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.\tRaj Relations \u003cbr\u003e1.\tEmpire Types \u003cbr\u003e2.\tImperial Relations \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Common Anglo-Indian Terms \u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Pramod K Nayar \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776613953705,"sku":"29430","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/29430_367fbcea-d09b-4a31-b5e8-9893469d1694.jpg?v=1625528375","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/29430-days-of-the-raj-life-and-leisure-in-british-india","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}