Winston Churchill was about as imperialist and as racist as they come. His good reputation comes from the fact that history is written by the victors. Somewhere between 1.5 million and 4 million people died in Bengal just as surely as if they had been gassed by Hitler.
Churchill (1943) refused to release shipping to send food to India. “@IndiaHistorypic: 1943 :: Bengal Famine 3M pic.twitter.com/z0ggnp3yQO”
— SGK (@captaink99) June 1, 2014
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Rajan Parrikar · 565 weeks ago
macgupta 81p · 565 weeks ago
Between 3 and 5 million people died of starvation and famine in Bengal in India in 1943. The drought was a result of nature. The resulting famine and the millions of deaths can be attributed to the policies of the colonial power ruling India - the British, and one person is most culpable in this crime against humanity - Winston Churchill. This scandal is what the author details immaculately, punctuated by impeccable research. Human, economic, political, imperial, racist, and social angles are all brought out in vivid detail. The case against Winston Churchill turns out to be damningly severe, even to the author - "I had no idea the book would end up targeting Churchill to this extent", but the evidence is as strong as could be. As it turns out, the carefully constructed narrative and myth of the gentlemanly and benevolent nature of British rule in its colonies is shattered, devastatingly so.
macgupta 81p · 565 weeks ago