Shashi Tharoor (sunday reading)

Shasi tharoor is an Indian politician, writer. Shashi Tharoor is member of Parliament, he given postcolonial argument. He written a book on that ‘An Era of Darknes’. He asserts that Britishers are not developers of any colonies. According to him real thugs of Hindustan are Britishers, in the time of free trade they are looting the Indians. Many Indian words they take dictionary, in this way the word loot is a Hindi word and they taking the word in their dictionary. In this way he try so make a satire on make a satire on British Empire. During his nearly three decade long prior career at the United Nations, he served as a peacekeeper, refugee worker and administrator at the highest levels serving as Under secretary general during Kofi Annan’s leadership of the organization.

We see that damage economical, psychological and also human lives in India by British. The huge massacre at Jaliyanwala bagh, which no one can forget. This is just a instant memory, there is much more than this. Shashi says, Indians do have tac system but it is liberal, like when there is draught, at that time peasants got relaxation from tax but Brits are not like that. What British does is they broke the trade which was practiced in India. India’s cloths, he gave two name of city Dhaka and Murshidabad, both are famous for their cloths but Brits take all raw to England make cloths there and tell it to India in double prize they have sold Indians their good with double Prize.

British flourished textile company in India by ‘made in India’ hallmark of high quality. That is private profit of English and public risk of Indian. Many Indians died because of them. During second world war in the great Bengal phenomenon, 4 million people died because of churchill’s decision of splay and policies. For them Bengali metters less. They are colonial enterprise only creates violence and racism. In India 15 to 20 % people died by starvation. He gave example of Begal family. During the Second World War 4 million people died because of starvation. Britishers make money from the poor Indians by various kind of taxes and make their own country rich, day by day.

Thus, we can say that Tharoor’s arguments makes good sense regarding the reparation. Because India was reach before the arrival of British and without the Britisher Indi can progress.