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Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India
by Shashi Tharoor
(Reading in Reverse ... But the must have been a plan in such an order...)
As I should have known that it was a kind of the critical response to Niall Ferguson's 'Empire'.
Or rather to the vast portion of that book - relating to India. (Hopefully other voices from different parts of the ... Inglorious Empire will follow. I'd be most courious about the African ones ...)
Sometimes a truly painful read - Amritsar massacre, Bengal Famine. So many times I had scenes from Attenborough's 'Ghandi' in my head.
Surprisingly - despite all those huge and various differences - I found so many similarities between tha fates of people of India and those of Poland. Rise - decline - rise again ....
Excellent book.
As I should have known that it was a kind of the critical response to Niall Ferguson's 'Empire'.
Or rather to the vast portion of that book - relating to India. (Hopefully other voices from different parts of the ... Inglorious Empire will follow. I'd be most courious about the African ones ...)
Sometimes a truly painful read - Amritsar massacre, Bengal Famine. So many times I had scenes from Attenborough's 'Ghandi' in my head.
Surprisingly - despite all those huge and various differences - I found so many similarities between tha fates of people of India and those of Poland. Rise - decline - rise again ....
Excellent book.