Hyderabad: “Forgive, but never forget,” said Congress MP Shashi Tharoor to the Indians, while reminding them of the “stark realities” India faced during the colonial rule under the British. “The first act of atonement should be to acknowledge the past, admit the mistakes and express gratitude for the numerous contributions India and Indians did for the welfare of the Brits,” he said calling out to the colonisers for an apology.
The author and historian also explained how the British conquest destroyed the then flourishing Indian economy, making way to impose their own terms of trade. “The Brits even acquired the Hindi word loot into their dictionaries as well as their habits. The appalling tortures on peasants who could not pay the extortionate taxes the Brits demanded, the destruction of the steel industry, and the big list can go on and on,” the MP said.
