Nivedita Majumdar
Autor von The World in a Grain of Sand: Postcolonial Literature and Radical Universalism
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Majumdar, Nivedita Sumi
- Geburtstag
- 20th century
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- India
- Geburtsort
- Calcutta, India
- Wohnorte
- Bay Area, California, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of Florida (PhD)
Delhi University (BA, MA, MPhil) - Berufe
- English Professor, John Jay College, City University of New York
- Beziehungen
- Banerjee, Swapnonil (husband)
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- American Association of University Professors
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As an Indian, Sikdar was routinely overlooked for recognition of his prodigious feats of mathematics and measurement.Even after it was pronounced in 1856 that Everest was the highest mountain his superiors in the Great Trigonometric Survey (GTS) gave him little credit. This book is set after this achievement in the year 1857. That was the year that many Indian soldiers rebelled against the British rulers in what was called the sepoy mutiny or the Indian Rebellion.Sikdar was in Calcutta which was away from the main areas of rebellion. Many British fled from the regions that were in conflict to Calcutta which was deemed to be safe. Sara Langley, a young British woman whom Sikdar had met at a lavish hunting party in the Himalayas, had fled to Calcutta from Jainagar with help from a local ruler. Sikdar was delighted to see her and soon was vying for her attentions. Sara's other admirer was a Frenchman named Dubois who was friendly with a great many native Indians. In fact, Dubois was involved with some people who were seeking to break free of British reign and he came up with an idea to blow up the GTS tower outside of Calcutta as a signal to the local troops to rebel. When Sikdar and Sara happened to be at the tower on the night of the planned explosion that scheme came to nought.
Sikdar may have dreamed about having are relationship with Sara but in that time and place it could never have happened. In fact, although the authors say this book is based upon real events, I can't believe that a young British woman would ever have been unescorted to the extent Sara was. That was the main reason I deducted half a star from my rating as, otherwise, this was a very interesting book.… (mehr)