GGR267H5 Lecture Notes - Sita, Mira Nair, Subaltern Studies
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Objectified them as how to teach them and to rule them. One of those subaltern studies did was give them a big fuck you to their history and studied the history of the untold or lesser people. 1890"s in the village champaner in awadh (center of india). The east india company was still looking for caring the state. The local ruler was responsible for the welfare of the subjects in the province even though he didn"t have too much power. The captain leading the east india company was demanding that tax be paid double that year even though there was no rain that year the tax is a portion of the farmers agriculture. The tax was for protection from other raja"s (rulers) and of course other rulers were taxed by the british to protect them from this ruler (a form of double taxing) Indian dude (bhuvan sm guy that accepts the bet alter on) running around saving animals from snipers.
