review of development & change Volume XIV Number 1 & 2 January - December 2009 Special Issue: Indo-Danish Cultural Encounters in Tranquebar: Past and Present Guest Editors: Esther Fihl A.R. Venkatachalapathy Introduction : The study of cultural encounters in Tharangampadi/Tranquebar Esther Fihl and Stine Simonsen Puri 7 Shipwrecked on the Coromandel: The first Indo–Danish contact, 1620 Esther Fihl 19 The Tranquebar tribute during the reign of Rajah Serfoji II Simon Rastén 41 The schools of Tranquebar: An educational field of cultural encounters and conflicts Keld Grinder-Hansen 61 Between consent and coercion: Danish Missionaries and Tamil parents in late nineteenth century South India Karen Vallgårda 87 The legacy of Tranquebar: The ‘Ziegenbalg myth’ and the debates on caste Oluf Schönbeck 109 ‘Written on leaves in the Malabarian manner’ print and the cultural encounter in eighteenth century Tranquebar A.R. Venkatachalapathy 131