
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
Movie
In the 1890s, in the small village of Champaner in Victorian India, the harshly taxed underdog...
Taxation British Raj

India Conquered: Britain's Raj and the Chaos of Empire
Book
‘The core of the book is a virtuoso takedown of cherished shibboleths of Raj...
history

Reading Paul Scott: The Raj Quartet and Staying on
Book
Little Lits are short, sharp introductions to classic works of literature. A study of Scott's four...

A Rising Man
Book
The winner of the Harvill Secker/Daily Telegraph crime writing competition. Captain Sam Wyndham,...
Crime historical fiction fiction

Lalji's Nairobi
Book
British Gujarat, 1905. Despairing of the social injustices and crippling taxes under the British...
Historical Fiction Africa

The Day of the Scorpion
Book
BOOK TWO OF THE RAJ QUARTET India, August 9th 1942. The morning brings raids and the arrest by...

The Raj Quartet
Book
Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and...

Scotland to Shalimar
Book
Many a loft is full of family memorabilia, but Bryony Hill's collection is extraordinary. Packed to...

And the Twain Shall Meet: Three Countries and Three Generations, a Doctor's Story
Book
Set between three countries, Burma, India and England, and spanning three very different...