Colonisation (1757 to 1947): The Indian Retrospect of 200 years of Exploitation!
Colonisation (1757 to 1947): The Indian Retrospect of 200 years of Exploitation! I was born in the 1980s, 37 years after the Britishers were made to leave India - NOT 'left' because they didn't, they were forced to. My parents, however, were born in the chaotic aftermath of the 1950s, and some of my uncles and aunts were born as the war of independence was being fought. My grandparents, great-grandparents, and most of their siblings were born, lived, and died in colonized India. I had the privilege of spending some time with some of my parents' uncles and aunts who were still alive when I was young, and the stories they held in their hearts, the pain, the challenging times they saw - the horror of it all is something everyone should know because they were not the only ones. India has a complex history of colonisation and slavery, and its academic writing. which has led to misinformed educational practices in India and other parts of the world. The intention of this ser...