'Bridgerton' Season 2 introduces Kate and Edwina Sharma, women of Indian descent on the London marriage market. Here's the real history behind them.
,” which premiered Friday, builds on the show’s successful formula by introducing a South Asian family to the ton, the Sharmas.
“‘Bridgerton’ is a show that celebrates things that aren’t typically seen or heard in this genre,” Van Dusen said. “The world was a lot less homogenous during this time period than some would like us to believe. Our goal with this show is for anyone who’s watching to be able to see themselves reflected on screen and in our world.”
Some of these areas had been violently annexed by the East India Company and its mighty mercenary army, but others, such as the Sikh Empire in the north, remained autonomous. There were some South Asians in London at this time, but few whose lives have been recorded by historyFew of these people would have been included “in the exclusive ranks of the ton” as the Sharmas are, Greig said, but there were many people of color in London more broadly, working as shopkeepers, merchants, craftsmen and domestic servants and sailors. “Often their histories, the histories of the non-elite, are more hidden, and their lives, names and stories remain unwritten.
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