I'm looking for two Indian (Hindi?) words that mean "high quality" and "low quality" and were used, for example, during the Brittish Raj to describe building construction as first rate or second rate. [more inside]
posted by alms on Nov 12, 2006 - 7 answers

i am interested in recommendations for novels about british colonial period (india, africa, etc). what are your favorites?
posted by dstrouse91 on Mar 15, 2005 - 27 answers