India went from 23% of global GDP in 1800 to 1.8% in 1947. This is not high-level mathematics, you can see the difference. Brit

“India went from 23% of global GDP in 1800 to 1.8% in 1947. This is not high-level mathematics, you can see the difference. Britain went from this poor, desperate, benighted country, into this great outpost of civilization, prosperity, gold and commerce. While India became a poster child for third-world destitution.“ Shashi Tharoor on his new RT show Imperial Receipts. It takes an hour to explain why Dr. Tharoor is an icon in India - perhaps it is his top-tier diplomatic credentials, or his political career, or his articulately argued anti-colonial speeches that young Indians carry as their creed. But really it is about a certain intellectual “je ne said quoi“ that many try to imitate, but no one else can quite reproduce. - Margarita Simonyan @Slavyangrad Source: Slavyangrad