The end of the Mughal Empire enabled the political intrusion of the British into India. The servants the British had, while operating and controlling India, became a part of the empires structure, giving them power and authority. India history is prone to misconceptions as it was the first biggest British imperial possession of the British Empire and there are many different views as to whether the British accepted Indian culture. The British faced continual uprisings in their empire whilst trying to change the way the Indians lived, and these were especially frequent in India in the nineteenth century. In India, culture has grown out of the civilisation notion of India, the term ‘Sanskrit’ translates as culture; it refers to ‘a system of representation that calls Indian culture into being’. Culture is integral to India and its society, through many accounts it is shown that the British did not fully integrate with the Indians; this was mostly because of the whole ethos of the British Raj. With the British Empire trying to gain control and change within India, it was difficult for the British in this instance to connect well with the Indian people. Therefore for the British living within India, one of the most important aspects to cover …show more content…
Through British perceptions of India although they shed some light on the natural and rural aspects of life in India, the cultural aspects are not equally considered. However whenever the British showed their views they presented them with superstition and disbelief and biased views about the Indian peoples shines through. As with Kim’s perception of India it shows that many of the British conformed to the prejudice of the West and illustrates how believed that India is a country full of poverty who needed the British, as with its presence they helped to show the Indians the right way to live asserting their power over the