Unveiling Power and Memory: Sangamithra Iyer’s ‘Governing Bodies’ Secrets Revealed
Iyer connects to her Thatha through their shared history of hydrology, geology, and math. Throughout her young adulthood she retraces her Thatha’s work in Burma where he was a Chief Engineer working for the British Raj, building the infrastructure that helped the British remove resources from Burma. Her search takes her to the India Office of Records at the British Library in London and to his many posts throughout Burma, including a lighthouse and a logging encampment where elephants were trained (read: mistreated) to roll logs.
