Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bombay

Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bombay

Author: Sarah Ann Pinto

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-08-28

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3319942441

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This book traces the historical roots of the problems in India’s mental health care system. It accounts for indigenous experiences of the lunatic asylum in the Bombay Presidency (1793-1921). The book argues that the colonial lunatic asylum failed to assimilate into Indian society and therefore remained a failed colonial-medical enterprise. It begins by assessing the implications of lunatic asylums on indigenous knowledge and healing traditions. It then examines the lunatic asylum as a ‘middle-ground’, and the European superintendents’ ‘common-sense’ treatment of Indian insanity. Furthermore, it analyses the soundscapes of Bombay’s asylums, and the extent to which public perceptions influenced their use. Lunatic asylums left a legacy of historical trauma for the indigenous community because of their coercive and custodial character. This book aims to disrupt that legacy of trauma and to enable new narratives in mental health treatment in India.


Saintly Spheres and Islamic Landscapes

Saintly Spheres and Islamic Landscapes

Author: Daphna Ephrat

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-12-07

Total Pages: 551

ISBN-13: 9004444270

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Saintly Spheres and Islamic Landscapes explores the creation, expansion, and perpetuation of the material and imaginary spheres of spiritual domination and sanctity that surrounded Sufi saints and became central to religious authority, Islamic piety, and the belief in the miraculous.


Small Town Capitalism in Western India

Small Town Capitalism in Western India

Author: Douglas E. Haynes

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-03-12

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 0521193338

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A history of artisan production in colonial and post-independence India, and its role in the country's society and economics.