Colonial Exploitation Included Heritage Theft, And That Continues To This Day
Colonial exploitation included heritage theft, in which India’s wealth of heritage, antiquities, and artifacts were exported to the colonizers’ home bases. They shamelessly adorned their own museums and galleries with these treasures, and this practice continues unabated to this day. The whole idea of establishing a colony was to exploit the resources there and enrich […]
How Food Was Used To Oppress Indian Sailors On Colonial Ships
Ceri-Anne Fidler, in her doctoral thesis, describes how food was used to oppress Indian sailors on colonial ships. “The lascar was always sallow. It didn’t helpthat his name anagrammed rascal. He carrieda whiff of scurvy, a hint of rats in the hold,hulls battered by typhoons.” These words from a poem by Ranjit Hoskote are a […]
Colonialism 2.0: How The US And UK Take What They Want From ‘Lesser Powers’
Colonial powers take advantage of people they perceive to be weak and subservient in the name of sanctions, geopolitical interests, or the alleged “rules-based order.” This is colonialism 2.0 and how the US and UK take what they want from lesser powers.