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  1. OneGrimPilgrim

    Shashi Tharoor: Britain owes reparations to India

    Oxford Speech: Shashi Tharoor's eloquence and a shallow understanding of colonial history Why did Indian social media revel in Shashi Tharoor’s eloquent arguments at a debate in Oxford union that Britain must pay reparations for its colonial excesses? The point is not to refute or agree with...
  2. OneGrimPilgrim

    Shashi Tharoor: Britain owes reparations to India

    i haven't been a student of history beyond school (where still details of WW2 battles, much less the south-asian theatre were taught in deep details), hence, since there was mention of the 'battle of malaya' earlier, this is what uncle google provided me with on wiki....some excerpts...
  3. OneGrimPilgrim

    Shashi Tharoor: Britain owes reparations to India

    contrary to what the term actually means, it sounds like (in the above context), put simply in Hindi, 'baap ki jaageer', or, here, 'raani ka maal'.
  4. OneGrimPilgrim

    Shashi Tharoor: Britain owes reparations to India

    not all of those were left behind; many of them spilled over into the lap of Liberty Maai.
  5. OneGrimPilgrim

    Shashi Tharoor: Britain owes reparations to India

    this is how Gurkhas 'ran away' from some battles in history (ie, after doing their job): http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?search=1&tag=Gurkha also, some weeks back had come across an article i think on a merchant navy/navy veterans website, where it was given in gloomy details how...
  6. OneGrimPilgrim

    Shashi Tharoor: Britain owes reparations to India

    and some reports tell he got a sound reprimand from madamji while a pat on the back by the PM :D
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