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Margaret Makepeace
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How colonial rule could mean spinsterhood for the women of the East India Company
Young women of married sisters and orphan daughters of resident men – legitimate and illegitimate – struggled in different ways, writes Emma Roberts.
Margaret Makepeace
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Give dogs a cup of tea every day: Travel advice from a ‘celebrated’ 19th-century writer
India became a major focus of Emma Roberts’s writing after her visit to the country in 1828.
Margaret Makepeace
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Avoid ‘injudicious indulgence’: What a British handbook advised women headed to the tropics
Leafing through the pages of ‘Tropical Trials’.
Margaret Makepeace
Trending
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‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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The history of Chaund Bebee from British Calcutta
She was the mother of the India-born ‘natural’ children of John Shore, who became Governor General of Bengal and later Baron Teignmouth.
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When East India Company fed its India-bound troops dried potatoes
In 1841, the East India Company put a small quantity of Edwards’s Patent Preserved Potato on board three ships named Seringapatam, Northumberland and Reliance.
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‘Don’t dance like men’: Exercise tips for women from a 19th-century manual
Donald Walker, author of ‘Exercises for Ladies’, claimed that few young women were exempt from some degree of deformity, which always worsened with age.
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Video
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Indian Railway’s plan to protect women passengers in the 19th century didn’t work out as it expected
Special carriages were constructed for ‘respectable native women’ in the 1800s. But by 1910, these carriages had fallen out of favour.
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A ‘curious’ gold mask, four rings: When the UK’s India Office sold jewels and silver in 1862
The ornaments had transferred to the India Office from the East India Company.
Margaret Makepeace
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The story of Henry Coxwell, who invented the ‘concrete lemon’ crystals supplied to British sailors
The soluble crystals were used to make fresh lemons or lemon juice and helped prevent scurvy.
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The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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When a British widow petitioned the India Office for financial help in 1868
Charlotte Francis Laing’s request was turned down as an official noted that she received an annual pension of £225 from the Bengal Military Fund.
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For the British Indian army, maintaining soldiers’ gardens was serious business
When new troops moved into the barracks, regimental and company gardens were inspected and the cost of any necessary repairs was paid from the garden fund.
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Mutton chops and sherry: Luncheons at the India Office in London in 1867
A contractor engaged to supply lunch left within two years because of losses and stagnant compensation.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten ton helps Mumbai secure much-needed win over Hyderabad
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India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra stuns world No 2 Wang Manyu; Desai-Ghorpade beat fifth seeds
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda shine as India bag five gold medals
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Olympics, Athletics: India’s men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams make the cut for Paris Games 2024