Originally posted by: nureat01
Vasu, I meant the Britishers from THAT time, yaar...you seriously expect me to say that Modern Britain sits and crows over that? Please give me some credit at least...I'm not an idiot.
But there are ppl at that time who WILLINGLY ensured the fragmentation of our country and that will be a pang somewhere always...especially if you think about ppl like Sardar Patel who tried so valiantly in every way to stop that from happening...the Britishers fueled that hatred and divide in every way they could with their expert Machiavellian scheming...they used every person, every trick they could *shakes head* When that thought process wins despite everything, it's sad...but ah well.
Now toh we live in a global world...everyone loves every random thing about other cultures...food, music, anything.
Lol, sorry must have misread your post 😆 But you know, it's a valid point and one worth making.
Re: that time, yes, you're right in that many, if not most,of the Britishers must have relished the idea of lording over the "slaves". And of course, divide and rule, as you say, worked very well - we still see the results of that. After all, they divided India into Muslims and Hindus, India and Pakistan. Most famous example of divide and rule there is. And it is causing us tremendous problems now.
When you think about the fact that Indians - Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, whatever - actually fought in the world wars FOR Britain and her allies...and then you look at how Indians were treated by the Raj, it makes the whole idea even more unbelievable and disgust-worthy. I guess those are the "casualties" of war - not just the human loss but the loss of humanity. If we didn't have those wars, we wouldn't be right where we are now. Good or bad, I don't know, but we would have been different, to say the least.
The problem is that when an army, an Empire, a "superpower" launches a "mission", shall we say, rarely is it peaceful. Not to be controversial but one person's freedom fighter is another person's terrorist - and vice versa. And how do these freedom fighters/terrorists come into being? A completely Unitarian, Utopian, peaceful nation cannot create them. They are born of war, of struggle and oppression. But we as human beings are not built for Utopia, it seems. And until we are, we will always have such problems.
I guess those modern British (or should I say English) people who do still believe in the fundamental right of the Empire can see a little payback in the form of "their country being invaded" by the very same Indians they tried to oppress. They occupied "our" country, now we occupy "theirs" 😆
Edited by psawyer - 12 years ago
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