I got two glorious presents from you in one round; you certainly shouldn't feel bad about not having made it three! Muse go where they want to go, and yours went some very lovely places, indeed.
I, too, am still fascinated with this idea of Anglo-Indian Watson! About the two brothers being perceived differently and/or affected differently by people's changing attitudes around the Mutiny years.. I've also been thinking about Watson during his army career. Maybe he sets out hopeful that seeing the Raj would make some part of him 'make sense' or that he might feel innately in tune with the land/culture/food/people because of his background, only to arrive there and realize it doesn't actually work that way. Does he have any memories of his grandmother? Did she ever make sticky, sweet jalebi for her grandsons? Was their heritage something everyone knew, or something not talked about (and did this change as attitudes changed?)? Ah.. so many questions. I should love to read some of your answers to them someday, muse willing!
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Date: 2019-06-23 01:08 pm (UTC)I, too, am still fascinated with this idea of Anglo-Indian Watson! About the two brothers being perceived differently and/or affected differently by people's changing attitudes around the Mutiny years.. I've also been thinking about Watson during his army career. Maybe he sets out hopeful that seeing the Raj would make some part of him 'make sense' or that he might feel innately in tune with the land/culture/food/people because of his background, only to arrive there and realize it doesn't actually work that way. Does he have any memories of his grandmother? Did she ever make sticky, sweet jalebi for her grandsons? Was their heritage something everyone knew, or something not talked about (and did this change as attitudes changed?)? Ah.. so many questions. I should love to read some of your answers to them someday, muse willing!