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Critic’s Chart

NEEL MUKHERJEE on the British in India
The Times
The Times

1. PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS

Rudyard Kipling

May appear shockingly racist now, but a landmark in writing about British India that cannot be ignored.

2. A PASSAGE TO INDIA

E. M. Forster

Remains the most problematic and complex work of fiction on the British in India.

3. THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN TRILOGY

Paul Scott

Sprawling, humane, beautifully written and absorbing.

4. THE SIEGE OF KRISHNAPUR

J. G. Farrell

Booker prize-winning account of the Great Indian Mutiny of 1857.

5. RAJ: A SCRAPBOOK OF BRITISH INDIA

Charles Allen

A gem of a book chronicling Raj life through pictures.

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6. THE RAJ AT TABLE: A CULINARY HISTORY OF THE BRITISH IN INDIA

David Burton

Cultural history, social document and cookbook rolled into one.

Neel Mukherjee reviews fiction for The Times