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  • An Era of Darkness

  • The British Empire in India
  • Written by: Shashi Tharoor
  • Narrated by: Sagar Arya
  • Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
  • Unabridged
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    4 out of 5 stars 28
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In this explosive book, best-selling author Shashi Tharoor reveals with acuity, impeccable research, and trademark wit, just how disastrous British rule was for India. Besides examining the many ways in which the colonizers exploited India, he demolishes the arguments of Western and Indian apologists for Empire on the supposed benefits of British rule.

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  • Dark history

  • By P Pramod on 10-12-18

Informative, opinionated and we'll researched

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Reviewed: 06-02-19

Informative, opinionated, statistical, at times biased, at times rantings ... Yet a good resource to know in detail about Indian colonial past and why things happened they way they did under British rule. A bit one sided, therefore to be read with an open mind and knowing that the author is also a politician :).