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Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India
by Shashi Tharoor
challenging
informative
sad
slow-paced
Read for the Read Harder 2022 prompt: Read a history about a period you know little about.
On an abstract level, I of course knew that British rule in India was a horrible thing. But gosh, I didn’t even know the tip of the ice burg.
This book was an overview of the British Raj, and the horrible mistreatment of India and Indians by England. It started as a speech by the author that went viral, and became this book. It was eye opening and horrifying and disgusting. I think that this book should be a must read for everyone, but especially British people, as the author says in the final chapter.
I’m not going to go into detail about the contents of the book. I don’t have words for the atrocities that England caused, knowingly, and often on purpose.
We need to learn from our history, and we need to do better.
On an abstract level, I of course knew that British rule in India was a horrible thing. But gosh, I didn’t even know the tip of the ice burg.
This book was an overview of the British Raj, and the horrible mistreatment of India and Indians by England. It started as a speech by the author that went viral, and became this book. It was eye opening and horrifying and disgusting. I think that this book should be a must read for everyone, but especially British people, as the author says in the final chapter.
I’m not going to go into detail about the contents of the book. I don’t have words for the atrocities that England caused, knowingly, and often on purpose.
We need to learn from our history, and we need to do better.