Literature of empire indian institute of technology. Based on philip meadows taylor s 1839 novel confessions of a thug, the movie tells us about a thug named ameer ali and his gang, whose nefarious ways posed a serious challenge to the british empire in india between 1790 and 1805. Set in 1832 in india, the story lays bare the practices of the thugs, or deceivers as they were called, who lived in boats and used to murder those passengers whom they were. It is distinguishable from of genres of fiction but its boundaries and conventions within this genres texts are blurred and often changing. The day after my adventure with the tiger, i left our village with my father. This acclaimed book by philip meadows taylor is available at in several formats for your ereader. Philip meadows taylor was a british police commissioner in india in the 1830s. Dublin, who was grandson of john taylor of norwich, the hymnwriter.
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