Re: Shashi Tharoor argues Britain must pay India for its colonial rule damages
Waise… I agree with Qabil…
I will still say… Yes…they should pay back… They didn’t just took wealth… They took self confidence.. Created bitterness among Indian masses for each other the outcome of which is pak…and also…they tookmultipler effect of economy… Stagnated to the base…
Someone above said that… There would have been no India…“maybe” …but that doesn’t mean Indian independent states would not have thrived…
As for payback… WO ho nhi skta… But they did wrong and…at least accepting it…is the right thing to do…
America helped Japan a lot for the atomic attacks… Britishers were downright ignorant …and the question of payback stands because…
Also… Someone above said about ghaznavus…nobody is asking payment for that ..because they didn’t cut the roots supply and oxygen of people they..just looted…
Brilliant post. Great point. One point of disagreement - reparations should not be off the table. They did loot the region, including precious stones etc. Reparation for that region - which of course includes Pakistan - is the proper recourse.
What kind of logic is this? Bringing up a totally unconnected issue may gain applause. But that’s about it.