Politics
Should Britain give India aid?
Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses whether Britain should give aid to India with Mihir Bose.
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Riots are elsewhere: so thought Britain, till the hoods came out in London and beyond
Outlook
The riots in Britain, the worst for over a century, have come as a rude shock to the British. Until this week, the British had a cosy, self-satisfied feeling that things in their ‘right little, tight little island’ were in many ways much better than in other parts of the developed world. The economic downturn may have seen America’s AAA credit status downgraded and several European countries in turmoil—this may yet befall Italy and France—but not Britain. The government has imposed painful cuts, but British political leaders have been confident that, in the face of the worst downturn since the 1930s, the country has avoided real trauma. Now that illusion lies shattered like so many shards of glass littering Britain’s streets.
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We must act to save Pakistan for democracy
Evening Standard
In the 1930s, as the British were trying to hold on to India, a violent uprising erupted in Bengal.
Such was the panic that English women stopped travelling on Calcutta’s trams following reports that handkerchiefs contaminated with secretions of venereal diseases had been left on the seats. It led to George V asking the Bengal Governor: “What is wrong with Bengal?”
We now need to ask the same question about Pakistan.
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