UNITED KINGDOM, July 14, 2015 (youtube): India’s share of the world economy when Britain arrived on its shores was 23%, by the time the British left it was down to below 4%. Why? Simply because India had been governed for the benefit of Britain. Britain’s rise for 200 years was financed by its deprivations in India and other colonies. Today’s Britains may not be responsible for some of those deprivations but many of today’s problems–including the persistence and in some cases the creation of ethnic, religious and racial tensions–were the direct result of the colonial experience. So, there is a moral debt that needs to be paid.
Dr. Shashi Tharoor MP is an Indian politician currently serving as a member of parliament. The above passionate and witty speech was given at the Oxford Union and can be viewed in its entirety at “source” above.
For more of Tharoor see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB5ykS-_-CI