Somewhat sweeping to claim that the '"indifference" of Lord Dalhousie to Indian cultural and religious traditions , pre 1857, was responsible for the demise of the British Empire, 90 years later -' ( I paraphrase) ................ not to mention of course two world wars and the post war British move to the Left - or the post war pressure of the rising American Empire, ( only recently free of debt to USA incurred during WW2). A pity such wild over simplifiaction ( which may have sounded brave in the smoky junior common room of SOAS circa 1960, or perhaps some Calcutta coffee house) is allowed to mar an otherwise interesting site. At 03:28 AM 16/03/2008, you wrote: >Here is a nicely presented website on Calcutta - something our >leader John as well as Molly and many others might like to see: >http://cityofpalaces.tripod.com/