Terrorism, Insurgency and Indian-English Literature, 1830-1947

1    The Highlands of Orissa

Ritual Terror and Reform in Colonial India

It must be a source of unfeigned satisfaction to know that [. . .] blood-thirstiness has ceased to disgrace the people of the East, as far at least as English influence prevails amongst them. The rite of Suttee has been abandoned for nearly thirty years. This great revolution was effected when Lord William Bentinck was Governor-General of India, and will ever be regarded as the brightest act of his reign. The colossal chariot-wheels of Juggernaut have not rolled over a human victim for a quarter of a century; and, thanks to the late Sir William Sleeman, and a devoted band of colleagues, the Thugs have been regularly hunted down [. . .] It was not till long after Colonel ...