The article first appeared in Outlook Traveller on Jan 17, 2025.
Eric Arthur Blair, universally known as George Orwell, the genius behind the thought-provoking allegory Animal Farm, was born on June 25, 1903. What may surprise some is that this literary maestro was born in Motihari in Bihar. Orwell’s roots were tied to India through his parents. His father, Richard Walmesley Blair, served in the Opium Department of the Indian Civil Service during the colonial era. His mother, of French descent, was the daughter of a teak merchant in Burma (modern-day Myanmar)…
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