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Raman Mahadevan
Raman Mahadevan is an economic and business historian. His book, Fortune Seekers: The Journeys of the Nattukottai Chettiars, is forthcoming from Penguin India.
Swadeshi Steam, the iconic shipping line, was a symbol of doughty economic nationalism in the early 20th century. Its failure tells us much about the contradictions of the anti-colonial movement.