Though his tone and tenor is quite right-wing and almost a Bollywood act in demanding an apology from the British. His answer is as intellectual as it can be, as laced with data as possible, as nationalistic a character an opinion can have. Shashi Tharoor’s 300 pager #IngloriousEmpire, is the longest answer ever written to that examination question. This approach used to make the answer so long, that many of us avoided answering this question altogether. To crack more marks, we were told by “ seniors” to cite both opinions, and then take own view at the end. I recall how mere 13-year olds, were divided as staunch leftists, rightist and politically correct ones. Critically examine the statement, in light of the economic and political changes over the decades of the Raj.
One of the most popular examination questions used to be, “ Despite being colonial rulers, British gave India, its railways, civil service and democracy. School history lessons were full of economic and political atrocities of the British. People, my vintage, born and raised in India, grew up reading about British colonialism, reading books worshiping our freedom fighters, our elders recounting stories of the humiliation and disgrace of India at hands of the British.Īnd finally the partition which almost gave India a post-partum depression that persists, even today. A few compelling takeaways from Shashi Tharoor’s 300 pager - #IngloriousEmpire
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