Indian Ink

by

Tom Stoppard

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The Nude Portrait

Nirad Das’s nude watercolor portrait of Flora Crewe represents their artistic, cultural, intellectual, and romantic connection—which is also the core subject of Indian Ink. When they start collaborating, Das starts and abandons a…

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The Rajah’s Cars

The Rajah’s 86 luxury cars embody the extraordinary wealth that colonialism produces for a select few bureaucrats, shareholders, and local rulers—but only by brutally exploiting the vast majority of Indians. Flora Crewe first hears…

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Mrs. Swan’s Cake

Mrs. Eleanor Swan’s cake represents the way that contemporary British society uses deception and euphemism to distract from its colonial history. When Eldon Pike and Anish Das visit Swan at her home outside London…

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