Papers by Dhwani Vaishnav
Travel broadens the mind but it would be interesting to trace how many people actually have the o... more Travel broadens the mind but it would be interesting to trace how many people actually have the opportunity to travel and learn something new. Even if travel is one of the most natural human instincts, written expression of travel experiences, i.e., travelogue is considered as a minor genre of literature. It is only in the latter half of the 20 century that this genre gained popularity within literary circles. Indian travel writing and specially Gujarati travelogues started being written in the 19 century, an age of social reformation in India. This paper endeavours to study three early Gujarati travelogues about journeys to England made by Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth, Karasandas Mulji (both written in Gujarati) and Behramji Malabari (written in English) as representative writing depicting how Indians were influenced by the English and took note of English life during the age of colonialism. Mahipatram and Mulji faced uproar from their community but ventured to visit the land of the ...
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Papers by Dhwani Vaishnav