Review: Days of the Raj, Life and Leisure in British India 0

The British ruled most parts of India for more than a century and their influence remains on the legal, judicial, educational, financial and other systems in India even today. The book, Days of the Raj is compiled from the large amount of archives left in India in the form of reports, letters, memoirs. After the preface and acknowledgement the book is divided into different sections like Raj Travels, Raj Homes, Raj Leisure and Raj Relations.
Raj Travels consist of reports from travellers and people residing in various parts of India, like Bombay, Calcutta, Bangalore, Allahabad
The Raj homes section is fairly interesting describing in detail the large number of domestic workers in each home like the cook, dhobi, ayah, under ayah, grasscutters, waterman how much they were paid. It also highlights the importance of supervising the servants, in some cases the servants children would be found in the kitchen sitting on raw beef
The Raj Leisure has an interesting section on gardens and gardeners, applying manure to the soil, how gardeners may steal theseeds, preparing the soil. The final section profiles the english men and women who came to india, their relationships with the native people, each other.
While some aspects of British India has disappeared, other notes especially regarding gardening, servants still remain relevant.
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Days of the Raj
Life and Leisure in British India
Edited by Pramod Nayar
Publisher : Penguin Books, 2009
Pages: 309