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As the fantastic historian Anjali Arondekar points out, 'India, more than any other British colony, provided both a space of anxiety, as well as a space of solidification for normative English sexual mores". Basically, India was like a testing ground for colonial [sexual] experiments. New laws, medical procedures, social engineering schemes, all sorts of things were tested out here. Given the diversity of the population and the sheer number of castes, religions, clans, linguistic groups, ethnicities, etc., India offered a unique opportunity unavailable elsewhere for mission civilisatrice. - Sindhu Rajasekaran This book is making me fume, feel pain and ponder over the laws made by the imperial rulers just to facilitate their rule, making it easy to control a country larger their own.My heart goes out to the lakhs of people perished under such laws and under the judgement of the patriarchal society thanks to the provocation of these invaders.A well researched and detailed account of the state of queer community under British rule in India. : : #qotd: What are you reading nowadays? #explorepage✨ #queercommunity #lgbtq #forbiddendesire #sindhurajasekaran #history #nonfictionreads #bookstagramindia #unitedbookstagram

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