India in the 1820s…
I first came across this graph on Greg Mankiw’s blog. Greg is a Professor of Economics at Harvard and he was referring an article written by Michael Milken (the former junk-bond king who fell into disgrace) in a recent...
Category: British Rule in India
Loot – in search of East India Co. (excerpts)
Several months ago, I wrote this essay on the Economic Exploitation and Drain of Wealth During the British “Raj”. The essay relied�heavily�on research by Western historians to make the point about economic exploitation during...
“India Through V.S.Naipaul’s Eyes”
Excerpts from an interview of  Sir V S Naipaul in 2001, reproduced below. From “India: A Million Mutinies Now” *** Excerpts Begin *** Rachael Kohn: When did you first have an inkling that you wanted...
Economic Exploitation and the Drain of Wealth during British “Raj”
Whenever the issue of economic exploitation and the “drain of wealth” during the 200 years of British colonial rule comes up, the one rebuttal from western historians is that there is scant evidence to...
The importance of accurate referencing
One thing that I try to be particular about is to find at least one cross-reference to something that I am referring to either as a fact or as a “quote”. This often means...
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