What happened as a result of the First Opium War?

so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

source:

study of past cultures

adopted the practice of proskynesis, a persian court custom that involved bowing down and kissing the hand of others, depending on their rank.