Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India

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Some books are to be read, some people are meant to be met, and some great people are to be remembered. Books give us knowledge, and people give us memories. But, some people give us the right to live and lead quality lives. One such personality in Indian history is Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, also known as Babasaheb Ambedkar. It is a ritual for us to celebrate and get a public holiday on his birthday. But how many of us are aware of his life story in detail? Thanks to the ever-growing and roaring Dalit movement and literature that now and then keeps reminding Ambedkar’s role in shaping our constitution. Well, thanks to Aleph Book Company for publishing this book is written by none other than this generation’s English language wizard – Mr. Shashi Tharoor. By contrast, despite Salisbury’s intransigence, there were ‘large-scale relief efforts’ in 1876–9. Explanations for the failure of these—given that the famine resulted in the deaths of five million Indians—appear to have depended on nationality: ‘Senior British officials argued that […] India, particularly the dry Deccan, was simply prone to famine’, while ‘most Indians, by contrast, blamed the British’. Roy concludes that a proposal from any source that One another interesting reference is to the conflicts of interest between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar – how two great Indian minds, who had similar goals, but could not work together, owing to the different paths they chose.

Shashi Tharoor's son gets married". 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017 . Retrieved 5 July 2019. A household name throughout India, B. R. Ambedkar is one of the country's most important figures, second only to Mahatma Gandhi. He played a major role in drafting the constitution for a newly independent India and led the fight against caste-based discrimination.

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Tharoor, Shashi (January 2003). Kerala, God's own country. Books Today. p.57. ISBN 81-87478-43-8. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021 . Retrieved 11 August 2015. In this new biography, Tharoor tells Ambedkar’s story with great lucidity, insight, and admiration. He traces the arc of the great man’s life from his birth into a family of Mahars in the Bombay Presidency on 14 April 1891 to his death in Delhi on 6 December 1956. He describes the many humiliations and hurdles Ambedkar had to overcome in a society that stigmatized the community he was born into, and the single-minded determination with which he overcame every obstacle he encountered. This is the part where the author skims through political and social reforms Ambedkar made. Readers get a glance of the Mahad Satyagraha, one of the first noteworthy Dalit movement for allowing the “untouchables” access to public tanks and wells and its implications. Readers are also taken through various other important events such as the paths that lead to the Poona Pact which allowed for Dalit electoral representation, the ‘Manusmrithi Dahan Din’ that originated from Ambedkar’s disbelief in Hinduism and its clear defiance. It also talks about his education, works abroad and various friends as well as foes he made along the way.

Dr. Shashi Tharoor on Religion & Personal Life (Malayalam)". Archived from the original on 7 November 2021 – via www.youtube.com.Those Brits who speak confidently about how Britain’s “historical and cultural ties” to India will make it easy to strike a great new trade deal should read Mr Tharoor’s book. It would help them to see the world through the eyes of the … countries once colonised or defeated by Britain.’ — Gideon Rachman, Financial Times Shashi Tharoor". United Nations. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 . Retrieved 16 January 2016.

Shashi Tharoor turns 60: Some lesser-known facts you shouldn't overlook". India Today. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021 . Retrieved 29 November 2021. Current GDP ranking statistics indicate that during 2019 the size of India’s economy overtook that of its old colonial masters, France and the UK. In the event of Britain leaving the EU, when could there be a better time to steal a march on the decade-long and still unresolved EU-India trade talks and secure a deal with an economy which, within 20 years, will be one of the world’s three largest? Any such negotiations would certainly be facilitated by the kind of official apology for past injustices that Tharoor recommends. On 1 September 2019, the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War, the German President apologised to his Polish counterpart for the Nazi invasion of Poland. Earlier in the year, on the 100th anniversary of the Amritsar Massacre, Theresa May expressed ‘regret’ for what had happened, but stopped short of an outright apology. As with David Cameron’s earlier refusal to apologise during a visit to Amritsar, it is tempting to speculate that the nostalgia of British voters for their ‘jewel in the crown’, expressed by the popularity of such recent dramas as Indian Summers and Beecham House, informed the prime ministerial decision. In such circumstances, a change in the national zeitgeist is best implemented top-down. As Tharoor puts it: ‘atonement was the point—a simple sorry would do’ (p. xxii). Notes Tharoor, Shashi (2001). Riot. Arcade. p. 272. ISBN 1-55970-605-8. {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help) PM launches Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan". 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015 . Retrieved 2 October 2014.

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Although there was significant support for Tharoor to contest as the Prime Minister candidate in 2019 General Elections, he has disowned, downplayed, and distanced himself from any such online campaigns run by his large number of followers. [47] [48]