From the Ruins of EmpireViewed in the West as a time of self confident progress, the Victorian period was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China, India, and the Muslim World are remaking the world in their own image shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013 From the Ruins of Empire was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013. Viewed in the West as a time of self confident progress, the Victorian period was experienced by Asians as