... from a woman- is not a trait that should be exuded in excessive amounts, particularly in the male-dominated society of her time. She cautions that knowledge in women is for the sole purpose of "amusement of solitude" and "to moderate the passions," and that any more praise to it would be in actuality detrimental to a woman's status. So valuable is knowledge for a woman that Lady ... qualities, but true satisfaction comes from the deeper understanding of its entirety. Lady Montagu advises her daughter of these methods by suggesting that she always discusses what Lady Montagu's granddaughte...

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... , elephants, snake charmers and crowds. In New York, British director Peter Brook's nine-hour production of an ancient Hindu epic poem, The Mahabharata, has lately been playing to packed houses and considerable critical praise. Best-selling books like Freedom at Midnight re-create the struggle of two great cultures, mighty opposites with a twinned destiny, as they set about trying to disentangle themselves and ... memsahibs was sadly reflected in the dismissive judgment of one Mrs. Graham, circa 1809, in her Journal of a Residence in India: "These [Indian] people, if they have the virtue...

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