1. An indian servant washes the feet of his european master from “The European In India”, a collection of drawings curated by Charles Doyley and published in 1813
2. A young Indian servant pulls continuously on a cord attached to a large ceiling fan, in order to cool the room while his master eats dinner.
(From the same collection)
(From the same collection)
3. A male Anglo-Indian being washed, dressed and attended by five Indian servants. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier, 1842, after W. Tayler
4.A British man getting his feet pedicured by his “brown slave”
5. A “Comic" postcard depicting the foibles of Indian servants - a tired man who has dozed off while cooling his “white master” constantly (Madras and Bangalore: Higginbotham and Company)
The postcard, though, describes him as a slave lazy enough to not do his duty properly.
The postcard, though, describes him as a slave lazy enough to not do his duty properly.
6. A few more “indian slaves” under imperial regime
Our physical independence had taken many sacrifices. But did we finally get independence from the slavery of colonial hangover yet?
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