When it comes to take proud on our ancestors deed, we are always there, but, when it comes to feel sorry on our ancestors deed, our immediate answers are why we say sorry for what we didn't do. "An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India" the book by Shashi Tharoor asking for reparation from Brits what they ancestors had done to India. And he is asking with logic, here are some points I am agree with Tharoor that for that British do owe a reparation to India.
1) Economical damage
All knows that Brits came India in the name of free trade, but we all know that the trade on gun point is not a free trade. Tharoor very clearly says that British is wealthy because of India. What British does is they broke the trade which was practiced in India. India's cloths, he gave two names of city Dhaka and Murshidabad, both are famous for their cloths but Brits take all raw to England make cloths there and sell it to India in double prize, they have sold Indians their good with double prize. Same is with gold and grains. In name of tax they leave peasants starving. Basically they have looted India in name of free trade. Tharoor says there are Mughals ruler in India they also looted India but they spent only in India, while what Brits does they sent all to their parent country and make India poor. The India which is exporter they make it importer. Because of they take all wealth of India there is still poverty in India. So they done huge harm to India, they should give reparation.
2) Damage to Human Lives
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 tax system but it is liberal, like when there is draught, at that time peasants got relaxation from tax but Brits are not like that. They left them starve to death, Tharoor mentioned Churchill here, who used to left people starve to death. Tharoor also talks about the torture and the physical violence which Brits used to do on Indians. Great harm to ancestors of India by ancestors of British. So this is one reason why British should do reparation to India.
3) Psychological Damage
Brits used to do violence physically but they also have done great harm on people's mind. India, where every color people lives, Brits came and consciously or unconsciously conditioned the mind of Indians that white is superior, every other color is inferior, because of this still today the people of India believes white as superior and wish to have white skin. India do have caste system but Brits are the one who gave India racism also.
These are the enough reasons as per my thinking, why British should do reparation to India. Admitting what British Empire had done to India needs guts, by doing this Brits will not become less but there will be confession that these things will not repeat.
1) Economical damage
All knows that Brits came India in the name of free trade, but we all know that the trade on gun point is not a free trade. Tharoor very clearly says that British is wealthy because of India. What British does is they broke the trade which was practiced in India. India's cloths, he gave two names of city Dhaka and Murshidabad, both are famous for their cloths but Brits take all raw to England make cloths there and sell it to India in double prize, they have sold Indians their good with double prize. Same is with gold and grains. In name of tax they leave peasants starving. Basically they have looted India in name of free trade. Tharoor says there are Mughals ruler in India they also looted India but they spent only in India, while what Brits does they sent all to their parent country and make India poor. The India which is exporter they make it importer. Because of they take all wealth of India there is still poverty in India. So they done huge harm to India, they should give reparation.
2) Damage to Human Lives
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 tax system but it is liberal, like when there is draught, at that time peasants got relaxation from tax but Brits are not like that. They left them starve to death, Tharoor mentioned Churchill here, who used to left people starve to death. Tharoor also talks about the torture and the physical violence which Brits used to do on Indians. Great harm to ancestors of India by ancestors of British. So this is one reason why British should do reparation to India.
3) Psychological Damage
Brits used to do violence physically but they also have done great harm on people's mind. India, where every color people lives, Brits came and consciously or unconsciously conditioned the mind of Indians that white is superior, every other color is inferior, because of this still today the people of India believes white as superior and wish to have white skin. India do have caste system but Brits are the one who gave India racism also.
These are the enough reasons as per my thinking, why British should do reparation to India. Admitting what British Empire had done to India needs guts, by doing this Brits will not become less but there will be confession that these things will not repeat.
Thank you.
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