BBC having another go at blaming Britain the troubles in India again..

Well, you can't blame religion, can you?
That would be a bit like blaming... multiculturalism.

Any praise for stopping the concept of chucking the wife on the funeral pyre after the husband died ?

I think that's called interfering in their culture TT.
Yet another slap on the wrist for us.

Oh aye, can't be interfering with the culture of others while we get on eradicating our own.

that's right, the british invaded india with the sole intention of improving the lot of the average indian. and when they left their sole concern was fairness.

True. I refuse to go to Venice, those Venetians did some terrible things in the name of Empire.

I wonder if they made reparation, and still beat themselves up over their ancestors misdeeds. I doubt it tbh.

it is really interesting isnt it? what should we be proud of and what should we be ashamed of?

we only ever get told the history that is acceptable to the establishment, is that the truth?

I never feel the need to bathe in the reflected glory of our ancestors, nor will anyone make me aplogise for any bad they did. History is nowt to do with me.

Dem persians and greeks must be nervous about paying back all their debts and the UN cant wait to accuse Mongolia for all of its ransacking,when will it end ?

You can't be held accountable for what your ancestors did !

You can if you are white British. Have the Arabs ever apologised for their part in African slavery?

Or even other Africans

The Ottoman Empire as well, absolutely disgusting. Why open a furniture shop that's so specific in what it sells?

I thought the recollections of many Indians were really shocking and can see terrible hate in the eyes of those rednecks in America.

Sad, very sad!

It's a tricky one. Do I feel personal guilt for what our ancestors did? no, but there is no getting away from how much our country took from the colonies, especially India. The wealth that India lost is staggering. My Great grandfather was in India in the late 1890s for two years with the Royal Highlanders. Was he a colonialist? technically I suppose, but like a lot of people in the Victorian era (and most eras) he was probably trying to provide for his family the best he could.

Partition was rushed through no doubt - had it been given more time and consideration a lot of lives could have been saved. The person given 'credit' for drawing the partition lines had never visited India!