Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India

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Tharoor has lectured widely on India, [72] and is often quoted for his observations, [ citation needed] including, "India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay." [73] He also coined a comparison of India's "thali" to the American "melting pot": "If America is a melting pot, then to me India is a thali – a selection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each tastes different, and does not necessarily mix with the next, but they belong together on the same plate, and they complement each other in making the meal a satisfying repast". [74] Used to bully them when we were younger but now...: Shashi Tharoor on his equation with his sisters". India Today. 10 October 2021 . Retrieved 29 November 2021. Those Brits who speak confidently about how Britain’s “historical and cultural ties” to India will make it easy to strike a great new trade deal should read Mr Tharoor’s book. It would help them to see the world through the eyes of the … countries once colonised or defeated by Britain.’ — Gideon Rachman, Financial Times Dr Shashi Tharoor receives the Fifth IILM Distinguished Global Thinker Award, 2010". India PR Wire. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012 . Retrieved 9 March 2010. I think the plights he faced based on casteisms is described really well here and brings out his success and esteem as an erudite man again and again!

famines were an outcome of colonial politics is an unconvincing theory because it fails to explain the rarity of famines during late colonial rule and presumes that the capacity of the state to mitigate famines was limited only by its own intention to act. (10) Why Caste Won't Disappear From India". HuffPost. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015 . Retrieved 15 August 2015. Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Best Book of the Year in the Eurasian Region, for The Great Indian Novel [106]

Five lessons we learned about India from Shashi Tharoor's Oxford speech". FirstPost. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015 . Retrieved 22 July 2015. Shashi Tharoor". India Today. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021 . Retrieved 19 February 2020. Guha, Seema (4 October 2006). "US veto ends Shashi Tharoor's run for top job at the UN". DNA India. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012 . Retrieved 16 April 2010.

Tharoor, Shashi (18 April 2011). Show Business. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. p.320. ISBN 978-1-61145-407-9. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021 . Retrieved 11 August 2015. Ferocious and astonishing. Essential for a Britain lost in sepia fantasies about its past, Inglorious Empire is history at its clearest and cutting best.’ — Ben Judah, author of This is London Dalrymple, William (27 September 2018). "The British in India by David Gilmour review – three centuries of ambition and experience". The Guardian.By contrast, despite Salisbury’s intransigence, there were ‘large-scale relief efforts’ in 1876–9. Explanations for the failure of these—given that the famine resulted in the deaths of five million Indians—appear to have depended on nationality: ‘Senior British officials argued that […] India, particularly the dry Deccan, was simply prone to famine’, while ‘most Indians, by contrast, blamed the British’. Roy concludes that a proposal from any source that Ray, Mohit K., ed. (1 September 2007). The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p.524. ISBN 9788126908325. Shashi Tharoor at a march parade with NSUI President Hibi Eden and other Congress workers in Ernakulam, Kerala. Shukla, Saurabh (16 October 2006). "UN top job: Why India's candidate Shashi Tharoor had to drop out of the race". India Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 16 January 2016. We are given insights into the various battles Ambedkar fought to make untouchability illegal, his disputes with the other political and intellectual giants of his era, including Gandhi and Nehru, and his determination to invest India with a visionary Constitution that enshrined within it the inalienable rights of the individual and modern conceptions of social justice. ‘In so doing,’ writes Tharoor, ‘he transformed the lives of millions yet unborn, heaving an ancient civilization into the modern era through the force of his intellect and the power of his pen.’

Meet literary hotshots and squad of two—Ishaan and Kanishk Tharoor". Vogue India. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021 . Retrieved 29 November 2021. Duggal, Deepansh. "Shashi Tharoor | 'One Mic Stand': Shashi Tharoor calls out PM Modi, speaks millennial lingo; his stand-up act becomes a massive hit". The Economic Times . Retrieved 16 November 2020.Tharoor, Shashi (2003). Nehru: The Invention of India. Arcade. p.282. ISBN 1-55970-697-X. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013 . Retrieved 11 August 2015. {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help) Shashi Tharoor charged in Sunanda Pushkar death case". @businessline. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021 . Retrieved 10 March 2021. Drawing from his vast knowledge and passion for literature, he explores the importance of reading and the ways in which books shape our lives and connect us to different cultures and ideas.