Colonialism

Colonialism has a lot to answer for.

Writing from Phnom Penh, the author observes that Siam, which kept its independence however nominally, is the Southeast Asian country that has thrived throughout.

Brown Pundits Archive4 February 20150 comments
The “Great” is no more in Great Britain

Prompted by the British embassy’s tweet about burning the White House, the poster argues that Britain’s union is fraying, with Scotland likely to leave regardless of the September vote and…

Brown Pundits Archive27 August 20140 comments
Orwell in Burma-2

Passages from Orwell’s ‘Shooting an Elephant’, which the poster reads as showing how imperialism corrupts both rulers and ruled, and as a warning against the return of empire.

Brown Pundits Archive23 July 20140 comments
Burma and Imperial Britain

George Orwell’s early essay on British rule in Burma, which the poster says is relevant to India too, introduced by a jibe at Arundhati Roy’s standing as a thinker.

Brown Pundits Archive15 July 20140 comments
The Hindu Mirjafar

Starting from Seth Naomal Hotchand, cast as Sindh’s counterpart to Mir Jafar for helping the British, the post asks why denouncing British imperialism is acceptable while Turkic and Mughal rule…

Brown Pundits Archive1 July 20140 comments
Britain responsible for Taliban-led atrocities

Mocking brown liberals who blame colonial rulers for everything, the post says Britain is responsible for Taliban atrocities through a massive bomb-detector fraud, and quotes a report on how militants…

Brown Pundits Archive10 June 20140 comments
So now they understand (350 years too late)

Linking a Guardian report on the Newark by-election, the poster sympathises with devolution from Brussels but asks why Britain should not apologise for colonising India, citing famines, taxation and destroyed…

Brown Pundits Archive31 May 20140 comments
net benefits of British rule?

Quotes Sean Gabb’s claim that British rule was an unparalleled blessing to conquered peoples, India included, comparing Aurangzeb’s India with Queen Victoria’s, and posts it without further comment.

Brown Pundits Archive30 May 20142 comments
The fear of the Ummah

The poster argues that the West’s fear of a united Ummah, more than oil, explains its handling of the Middle East and North Africa, saying the Ottomans were broken up…

Brown Pundits Archive23 March 20140 comments
The West India company

A note linking Taymoor Soomro’s Dawn account of the East India Company as a monopolistic, state-backed forerunner of modern corporate power.

Brown Pundits Archive21 March 20140 comments