[Scroll.in]‘Memsahibs’: How British women negotiated food and fear (and love and life) in colonial India
Before colonial rule began in India, various rest houses were built along the ancient commerce routes. Serais and dharamshalas (shelters and rest houses) have existed in India for centuries and were meant for pilgrims travelling through the dusty corners of the countryside. During the Mughal rule, inns called caravanserais ...