"Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India"

Shashi Tharoor, a member of the Indian Parliament, believes that India needs a museum on British colonisation of the South Asian country. In his latest publication 'Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India', Chairman of the Indian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee says that the greatest challenge Indians are facing is the decolonisation of the mind.

Tharoor recently urged the Indian government to convert the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, the country's one of the most renowned heritage buildings, into a museum that will display the truth of the British rule in India or the colonial atrocities. The former UN peace-keeper said it is unfortunate that the famous monument, built between 1906 and 1921, is still glorifying the British rule in the country. According to the noted human rights activist, the global community should know how the British imperialists...