On Thu, 9 May 2002, santoshhelekar wrote:
> Now how does he know that his life would have been much worse had the > British never ruled India? Has he peered into the annals of > alternative history? As a matter of personal opinion, I second the thoughts of Santosh. I think colonialism was of far greater benefit to the colonizer than the colonized, and that any benefit the latter received as a result of colonization was secondary to the loss it suffered. But as an exercise for purely academic interests, the free countries of Asia, Africa and South America point to their colonial history as a reason for their present sufferings. The common howl heard in India is that had the British not occupied India, we would have been better off. The question is, would we have really been better off? How do we reach that conclusion? Santosh's question therefore, is a double-edged sword, where the opposite in both cases is a matter of speculation. -- Tariq Siddiqui [ This Space for Rent ] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
