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On Viceroy Special, colonial style heritage passenger train service powered by steam locomotive in Sri Lanka.
Author : Hemasiri Fernando
Publisher : Bharatha Prabhashana Thennakoon
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 37,13 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9789554416703
On Viceroy Special, colonial style heritage passenger train service powered by steam locomotive in Sri Lanka.
Author : Anindyo Roy
Publisher : Hachette India
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 33,20 MB
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9357316582
Somewhere in the foothills of the Himalayas, a sixty-two-year-old English painter falls off his sketching stool. Overweight, asthmatic and prone to attacks of epilepsy, Edward Lear is nevertheless on a mission – to paint the mighty Kanchenjunga for his patron, the Viceroy of India. Lear is an oddity, an outsider, simultaneously fascinated and repelled by the world the British have built in India. Even as he battles the fatigue of travelling on pony carts, jampans and trains, Lear reflects on those who run the vast machinery of the Empire – administrators and missionaries, kitmutgars and kamsamahs. Duelling pompous British officers with his wry humour, Lear turns his ear to the polyphony of local languages to compose nonsense poetry with a uniquely Indian flavour. Woven into this vivid account are flashes from Lear's own life – deep-seated fears stemming from an unhappy childhood and the memory of unfulfilled adult relationships. Inspired by the journals of this celebrated artist and poet, Anindyo Roy brings to life Lear's little-known Indian sojourns. In lyrical prose, and occasional verse, The Viceroy's Artist paints a picture of an exceptional man who inspires by his unhindered imagination, curiosity and compassion for the world.
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Page : 786 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Gujarat (India)
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Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
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Page : 810 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 1883
Category : British Columbia
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Page : 934 pages
File Size : 16,37 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
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Page : 810 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Mexico
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Page : 930 pages
File Size : 50,27 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Great Britain
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Author : P. T. Chandra
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Page : 250 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 1924
Category : India
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Author : Panchanandas Mukherji
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Page : 1126 pages
File Size : 38,4 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Constitutional history
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Author : India. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Publisher :
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 26,71 MB
Release : 1924
Category : India
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