EP 70: Anglo-Indians

During colonial rule of India, relations between British men and Indian women became regular practice, and over generations a large and growing 'mixed race' community developed. They would come to be known as Anglo-Indians and have their own distinct identity. Anglo-Indians held a unique position at the crossroads of race, color, and class. They were never fully colonizers nor colonized, but something in-between, at times playing the roles of either, neither, or both. When the British left and India was granted its independence in 1947, Anglo-Indians would face an existential dilemma. In today's episode, we sit with Uther Charlton-Stevens, author of ‘Anglo-India and The End of Empire,’ and reexamine empire and decolonization through the eyes of Anglo-Indians.

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Book Recommendations:

An Anglo-Indian Childhood by Shirley Pritchard

Embers: An Anglo-Indian Memoir by Joy Chase

Anglo-Indian Lives in Pakistan by Dorothy McMenamin

Children of Colonialism: Anglo-Indians in a Postcolonial World by Lionel Caplan

Anglo-Indian Identity: Past and Present, in India and the Diaspora by Robyn Andrews (Editor), Merin Simi Raj (Editor)