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A highly entertaining and moving journal chronicling J. R. Ackerley''s time in India

In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the Private Secretary to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur. Knowing almost nothing of India, he discovers Hindu culture, festivals and language, and reveals the fascinating attitudes of the Palace staff on women, marriage. the caste system and death. At the heart of Hindoo Holiday is the wonderfully unpredictable figure of his Highness the Maharajah Sahib who, ultimately, just wants ''someone to love him''.

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    A Paperback / softback by J. R. Ackerley, William Dalrymple

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 26/03/2009
      ISBN13: 9780141189253, 978-0141189253
      ISBN10: 0141189258
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      Biography Published diaries, letters and journals Travel & Transport Classic travel writing

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A highly entertaining and moving journal chronicling J. R. Ackerley''s time in India

      In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the Private Secretary to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur. Knowing almost nothing of India, he discovers Hindu culture, festivals and language, and reveals the fascinating attitudes of the Palace staff on women, marriage. the caste system and death. At the heart of Hindoo Holiday is the wonderfully unpredictable figure of his Highness the Maharajah Sahib who, ultimately, just wants ''someone to love him''.

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