Mihir Bose

Jan 22, 2025 | independent.co.uk | Mihir Bose

CommentRather than being made to pay for its plundering, there’s something even more devastating and long-lasting that the British could do – educate itself properly about its colonial history, says Mihir BoseIn 1969, when I came from India to study, I showed a professor a book I had detailing the harm the British had caused to India. I hoped this would stimulate a discussion about the empire. But my professor tossed it aside, saying the empire meant nothing to the British.

Jan 22, 2025 | the-independent.com | Simon Calder |Mihir Bose

CommentRather than being made to pay for its plundering, there’s something even more devastating and long-lasting that the British could do – educate itself properly about its colonial history, says Mihir BoseIn 1969, when I came from India to study, I showed a professor a book I had detailing the harm the British had caused to India. I hoped this would stimulate a discussion about the empire. But my professor tossed it aside, saying the empire meant nothing to the British.

Nov 10, 2024 | theguardian.com | Mihir Bose

With Remembrance Day coming, arguments about whether poppies should be worn are in full flow. Yet there is one issue that never seems to be heard in the annual debate that now marks this solemn occasion: while Britain fought the second world war to defeat Nazi Germany, putting its own existence as a free country at stake, it denied freedom to its colonies. Winston Churchill made no secret of his belief that “coloured” people had no right to be free.

Nov 1, 2024 | independent.co.uk | Mihir Bose

Those who forget the past,” warned George Santayana, “are condemned to repeat it.” And Britain should need no lessons on how to reconcile its history; you only have to walk past the Houses of Parliament to realise that. There stands the statue of Oliver Cromwell, the man who beheaded a king and established a republic. Every year, the Cromwell Society assembles at the statue to celebrate his birthday, yet his body isn’t even there.

Aug 24, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Mihir Bose

The New India, The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy India has always been a land of great contradictions that Indians, far from finding a burden, revel in, feeling they make the country unique. The new India that has emerged perfectly illustrates this. When India won freedom, many western experts predicted the country would not survive.