The Dark Side of Winston Churchill — by many regarded as the greatest Briton ever, for some he remained an intensely controversial figure.

Views on race

I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a…

What would a “Brexit” mean for India…and Indians in Britain?

As I have not written anything about the Brexit, I thought I would combine it with our current examination of India. What effects would an “out” vote have on Indian society? Due to their past relations, the UK and India enjoy…

How much do you know about India’s most famous VIP?

How India changed the English language

“It was inevitable with colonialism that Britain would imbibe the local culture and it would have a lasting effect because colonialism flows two ways. Look at the things in British culture that have come from the Commonwealth that Britain calls its own like tea…

Literature as a representation of reality?

As we were talking about the Amritsar massacre in 1919 in which a lot of innocent Indians were killed and the lack of apology of David Cameron (as a representative of the UK, not as an individual!) for it I started to think about A Hanging by George…

“Brexit”- The secret hope of Scotland?

With all the pros and cons popping up about the question weather the British should stay in the EU or not, Scotland could interpret the Brexit as a another positive step towards it’s independence.

Traces of Gandhi in Modern India

With his non-violent revolution Gandhi played a major role in India’s struggle for independence and the fact that people are calling him “The Father of the Nation” only seems to confirm his importance and his impact on the development of the Indian country. I couldn’t…

Bad Times and Good Times in India?

When we talk about the British Empire nowadays we mainly see it as the big exploiter that caused much pain and suffering. Just as we watched a video sequence about the Amritsar Massacre I started wondering whether there would also be a positive side to the British…

Some Thoughts on Referendums

A question often overseen about the Brexit referendum concerns the impact of the referendum itself.

A referendum is a supposedly rare voting system enabling a government to ask the opinion of its population regarding important, often polemical matters…

Is Sikh Blood (again) on British Hands?

In 2014 we found out that the British government under Thatcher not only condoned the raid on the Golden Temple in 1984 but lend special support of the SAS to the Indian Government in the time before the raid. This raid which let to the partial destruction of the holy place in Amritsar…