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The presence of power

Listen to this essay 29 minute listen In 1831, a man in a long cloak stepped off a ship in Liverpool. He had no official title the British recognised, no position in the colonial administration, and no invitation from the Crown. His name was Rammohun Roy. He came from Calcutta, sent not by the British Empire but by the weakening Mughal court in Delhi. His stated mission was to represent the ageing...