Shashi Tharoor has divided his book into 8 different chapters and one must read chapters 2, 3 and 5. However, these scholars who criticise Tharoor must tell who are the concerned authorities when it comes to the British atrocities in many countries in the world during their blood and empire thirsty years? The British themselves? What a baseless idea it would be to ask the murderer who should be the ideal judge for him!
Highly praised by many who would do anything but not a disservice to the nation by calling the British rule anything else than a disaster, An Era of Darkness has been criticised by many who have called out Tharoor for his remarks, references and utterly singular reliance on Will Durant’s and others who, according to them, cannot be trusted as authorities.
His book is a result of the same speech as he reveals himself in the preface. Tharoor, though very much a part of the Mughal dynasty whitewashers himself, ironically and to the surprise of many, found his inspiration after his exemplary speech in Oxford about how the British Rule was a disaster for India. However, the academia and the intelligentsia in the country always, continuously, played an active role of whitewasher for all the atrocities and bloody deeds done by the British in India. British Rule, except its further digging into the divide already existing in India because of Mughals, did not bring anything constructive to the country. Today, I will be discussing his acclaimed book An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India, published in 2016.Īn Era of Darkness reveals or rather breaks open what has been hidden for many decades by the ‘liberal’ historians of India who could not realise that they were doing a great disservice to the nation for the reasons they knew the best. This is something no one can extract from his credits’ list. However, it is for sure that Shashi brings new things, traditional things in innovative ways as well as peculiar experiences for the readers. His literary contribution, in terms of intellectual and aesthetic widening of the horizon of Indian English literature, can be a subject of conjecture. Tharoor’s books have created quite a notable impact on the readers from India as well as other nations.
Shashi Tharoor, who is famous for his dexterity with women, is a well-known scholar and as an author, his name has already crossed the geographical boundaries of India and reached the nations far off.
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