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Dr Shashi Tharoor MP - Britain Does Owe Reparations

OxfordUnion · 12.1M views · 2015-07-14 · 15:29

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Shashi Tharoor's Oxford Union speech arguing that Britain owes reparations to its former colonies, focused on the effects of British rule in India. It lists economic and political damage done by colonialism.

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HN commenters link it repeatedly in colonial history threads as an eloquent, fact-dense short speech.

Recommended by 8 HN people across 7 months · HN mentions 2017–2023

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parthdesai · 2023-01 · Recommendation

Yeah, but we are talking about India under british empire. Not Rwanda and Haiti. Since you're so oblivious of what the british empire did, here's a 8 minute mini speech of things British empire did in India. India wasn't some poor country, it was actually one of the richest countries in the world before brits came along and stole everything. This was my entire point in the initial post, it's both hilarious and a bit sad how people are so unaware what the british empire did in India. [VIDEO]

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hawk_ · 2022-10 · Recommendation

The video linked by parent is light on details. This one has more details if anyone's interested (A debate on the empire but many of the things apply to EIC) [VIDEO]

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vivegi · 2022-09 · Recommendation

Mr. Tharoor is a current Member of Parliament of India and previously India's Ambassador to the UN. He is a very eloquent speaker and writer. Here's his famous short speech at the Oxford Union where he made a case for reparations from Britain for its excesses during its reign of the Indian subcontinent. [VIDEO]

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