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Churchill at war with India
ARVIND SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
| He hated Indians and was bitterly determined to hold on to India |
CHURCHILL'S SECRET WAR - The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II: Madhusree Mukerjee; Tranquebar Press, Venkat Towers, 165 Poonamallee High Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai-600095. Rs. 495.
Winston Churchill was often said to be permanently mid-Victorian, although being born in 1874 made him a late Victorian. He was bitterly determined to hold on to India; he hated Indians, and intended that they remain subjects for all time. With sources ranging from official documents to first-hand accounts of the Bengal famine, Madhusree Mukerjee brings out the consequences for India, and thereby for hundreds of millions of people. Major policies were designed to exploit the divisions in Indian society — whatever that meant
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