Empire and extraction

Shashi Tharoor's history of the colonial era will reignite thinking on the nature of British rule in India

Ajay Chibber  November 11, 2016 Last Updated at 22:49 IST

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British Indian history has been well documented by great writers like Dadabhai Naoroji, Romesh Chander Dutt, Jawaharlal Nehru and others.  Shashi Tharoor has turned the same material into a gripping page turner. With his characteristic wit, biting sarcasm and gifted writing, he has produced a bestseller that will re-ignite thinking and debate and open the eyes of the younger generation in India and hopefully in Britain on this “era of darkness”.  Tharoor has authoritatively debunked the work of colonial apologists like Niall Ferguson and Nirad Chaudhri, and ...

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Empire and extraction