![]() I remember being angered by these statements but not being able to explain what was wrong with this contrast between the Nazis and the British colonials. (c) The author of the first statement (an Indian by the way) then replied that nothing happened in India under British rule that could ever compare to the Nazi concentration camps and the millions who suffered and died there besides, he added, the British could hardly be held morally responsible for natural disasters such as famines. ![]() ![]() Not so long ago I read an online exchange that went as follows: (a) “Indians are lucky to have had the British as their colonizers since the British at least had a moral compass, in contrast to the Nazi Germans.” (b) In reply, someone pointed out that the British colonizers were responsible for the suffering and death of millions of Indians, not only by killing and torturing people but also because of the Bengal famines of 17. ![]()
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