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Dr Shashi Tharoor MP - Britain Does Owe Reparations

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What it is

Shashi Tharoor's Oxford Union speech arguing that Britain owes reparations to its former colonies, focused on the effects of British rule in India. It lists economic and political damage done by colonialism.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it repeatedly in colonial history threads as an eloquent, fact-dense short speech.

  • 8 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “the question of reparations for historical wrongs is presented in an interesting manner.”

    Presents reparations for historical wrongs in an interesting way

    astatine, 2018-05 · Recommendation · in “The Last Slave Ship Survivor Gave an Interview in the 1930s”

  2. “This talk has many facts not even commonly known to Indians.”

    Contains facts not commonly known even to Indians

    rainhacker, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “The Rest of Us Always Knew Churchill Was a Villain”

  3. “I'll stick this here for anyone wanting to know the real history of EIC”

    Counter to rosy views of the East India Company

    shripadk, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Before the East India Company”

  4. “Shorter version of above at Britain Does Owe Reparations”

    Shorter speech on what British colonialism did to India

    rramadass, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Shooting an Elephant (1936)”

  5. “Dr Shashi Tharoor did a nice speech about the British rule in India listing out the damages they did”

    Speech listing damages done by British rule

    nonamechicken, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]”

  6. “He is a very eloquent speaker and writer.”

    Eloquent short speech arguing for reparations from Britain

    vivegi, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “Some things to learn from the British East India Company's growth and demise”

  7. “This one has more details if anyone's interested”

    More detailed debate on the British empire

    hawk_, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “Exploring the richness and variety of letters sent to the East India Company”

  8. “here's a 8 minute mini speech of things British empire did in India.”

    Mini speech on what the British Empire did in India

    parthdesai, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF”

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Topics: shashi tharoor, british empire, india, oxford union, colonialism

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