{"product_id":"the-slaves-love-9789357028103","title":"The Slave'S Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ra Ki Rangarajan Translated By Suganthy Krishnamac\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rupa Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Elihu Yale-a name that reminds us of an Ivy League University in the US. A man who came\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e to Madras as vice-president of the East India Company, Yale was the one who established the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Corporation of Madras. But there was a dark side to Yale, the so-called philanthropist. He profited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e from the slave trade in Madras. He passed a rule that at least ten slaves should be on board every\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ship that set sail for Europe from Madras. Whipping, branding, families being torn apart, slaves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e being shipped off to foreign countries-people in South India were subjected to all the horrors of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the slave trade, with Madras being the hub of the trade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ra.Ki. Rangarajan's \u003ci\u003eAdimaiyin Kaadal\u003c\/i\u003e is about the life of a slave girl. She is the heroine of Ra Ki's historical. Rescued by a daring hero, she runs from her former owner. But who is she? What is the mystery in her background? What is her connection with the little kingdom of Singavaram in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tamil Nadu? Ra Ki takes the reader on a racy and exciting journey through Tamil Nadu's little\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e principalities, even as romance blossoms between the slave and her rescuer. Do they marry? Is the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e mystery in her life resolved?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rupa Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45675068063895,"sku":"9789357028103","price":322.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789357028103.webp?v=1769295482","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-slaves-love-9789357028103","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}