The death of Indian culture exposed in The Crown JewelThe Crown Jewel, by Paul Scott, is a postcolonial novel about the realism of the interracial love relationship between Daphne Manners and Hari Kumar, the subsequent rape of Daphne Manners and the consequences for British and Indian relations. In an era when British and Indian affairs were tense, at best, the rape of Miss Manners is significantly metaphorical of the British rape of Indian land and culture. British colonial sentiment became a primary influence in India, when the revolt of 1857 led to the reorganization of British influence. The British felt that India could not rule itself, that they (the British) would rule India as its benefactor, bringing modernization to an inferior culture. The Indian economy transformed into a colonial economy, the nature and structure of which were determined primarily by the needs of the British economy. British policies, in effect, ruined India's urban and rural industries, causing great pressure on the land, as the development of Indian industry failed to keep pace with British needs. The Crown Jewel focuses on how British colonialism affected relations between native Indians and British English, and the effects on Indian culture seen through the tragedy of the unique triangle formed by Hari Kumar and Ronald Merrick, at two opposite points (English vs. . India), and Daphne Manners (the catalyst) who connects them both. The story is significant in understanding the historical aspects of British colonial rule and the subsequent destruction and transformation of Indian culture. Through the eyes of the characters, we get several very distinct and personal stories about values ​​and customs... middle of paper......the story unfolds itself, as personal lives are intertwined with social and historical attitudes of the 'British India and its ideology of benevolent rule. In a metaphorical sense, the personal tragedies of Hari Kumar and Daphne Manners represent the inability of two starkly different, conflicting cultures to blend into an atmosphere of modern unity. That Daphne Manners dies in childbirth, a birth that would have represented such a unity between these two cultures, idealizes the very nature of the problems associated with the rights and wrongs of colonialism and represents perhaps the very death of Native Indian ideology and culture . culture.Works citedAgatucci, Cora. “Crown Jewel Study Guide Timeline” English 103, Spring 2001. Scott, Paul. The Crown Jewel: The Raj Quartet:1. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. C. 1998.