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Colonial history

Video: The tumbler used to drink coffee in South India contains a clue to its problematic history

Name: Video: The tumbler used to drink coffee in South India contains a clue to its problematic history
Uploaded: 2018-04-05T13:12:50.312414+05:30
Channel: Shone Satheesh
Description: The coffee houses in Madras province in the 1920s practised segregation by having separate sections for Brahmins and other castes.

The coffee houses in Madras province in the 1920s practised segregation by having separate sections for Brahmins and other castes.

Shone Satheesh

Dec 12, 2017 · 04:00 pm

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