East India Company should have never left....

Post independence, India has progressed on all aspects of development. No longer is it the land of snake charmers – they can’t be seen any more around us. But today India is at the verge of an economic boom and rapid development. Today India can boast about having the third largest military force of the world, youngest population, different festivities and celebrations and diverse art, culture and tradition.

The Indian sub continent was know as the golden bird (which all of us would have studied when we were in school) which was invaded and looted by the east India company, for two centuries. But this phase of colonization and struggle taught us many things and also gave us returns for our struggle and losses.

East India Company, under the realm of the “British Empire” almost conquered 95% of the world. That’s what I read in a recent survey report in a newspaper. The only place they couldn't reach were the Marshall Islands in the pacific and some of the former soviet states/ regions. I sometimes wonder how good it would have been had they conquered the whole world and controlled it. There would be only one empire and different states- no wars, no need of any passport or visas- every one would be called the citizens of the world. But then it would have had its own bad consequences.

Talking about the East India Company or the British colonial powers ruling us it did give us some good things about which we ca be proud off.

Firstly, Indian railways ­- one of the largest rail networks of the world operates hundreds of trains which travels length and breath of the country, passing through all kinds of terrains. It is also the largest civil employer of the world. I actually feel that it’s a gift to us from the British. It’s them who laid the first rail tracks between Bombay and Thane. And today we are able to travel to the extreme corners of our country because of them.

Secondly, the postal system that we have was a gift for our country by these colonizers  The British introduced this system for their own convenience but left if for us to make it one of the largest systems of the world.

But for all of these we had to pay a hefty sum, we were looted of our natural resources and many gave their life for the freedom movement. The Kohinoor diamond, from our mines was taken away by the British. This diamond now has a place on crown of the Queen of England. Kohinoor was India’s pride and today that pride is on the head of the Queen. In a way I feel happy that they took it away, I don’t feel that it would have been valued by us then, had it been in our country.

But in a way I feel what Churchill said in the House of Commons was very true before giving us independence, he said that ,”the power will go to the hands of rascals, rouges and freebooters...they will fight amongst themselves for the power and India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would come when even air and water would be taxed.”

Some of these thoughts are actually happening in the current times.

I wonder why British let loose the golden bird on its own.