This work details the expressions and experiences of the British women in India, the ‘memsahibs’. It argues that the women cannot be stereotyped as a single, colourless group who were either ‘incumberances’ or spiritual and emotional supports for their menfolk but should be seen as women who viewed India in different ways and interacted with it depending on their personal, social, cultural backgrounds. Based on records, journals and diaries of the women themselves in some cases and those of their contemporaries in early British settlements in India, it shows how the women responded to India: some in a religious manner, some exploring various facets of it, still others hating it and viewing it as a land of exile. It captures their feelings and thoughts towards Indian culture and its people.
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