Comments on: End Of Britsh Rule: Nehru Was Not Good For India http://www.anorak.co.uk/175974/twitterings/end-of-britsh-rule-nehru-was-not-good-for-india.html Tabloid news for broadsheet readers Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:25:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: bill http://www.anorak.co.uk/175974/twitterings/end-of-britsh-rule-nehru-was-not-good-for-india.html/comment-page-1#comment-25483 bill Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:54:02 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/twitterings/175974.html#comment-25483 I'm an indigenous Brit. Some twenty years ago, (and in another country) I worked with an elderly Indian, Abdel Kareem. One day during conversation, the subject of the British Raj (Rule) came up. "Now I'm in for it", I thought... The guy blew my mind, saying "When the British were there, we enjoyed law and order and people had respect for one another, since then - it's gone to hell, and I'm not the only one to think so." Given that we are portrayed as the bad guys during our occupation of India. I thought this an interesting observation coming, as it was, from an Indian "man on the street." I’m an indigenous Brit. Some twenty years ago, (and in another country) I worked with an elderly Indian, Abdel Kareem.

One day during conversation, the subject of the British Raj (Rule) came up. “Now I’m in for it”, I thought…

The guy blew my mind, saying “When the British were there, we enjoyed law and order and people had respect for one another, since then - it’s gone to hell, and I’m not the only one to think so.”

Given that we are portrayed as the bad guys during our occupation of India. I thought this an interesting observation coming, as it was, from an Indian “man on the street.”

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