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Indeed.

India which was at that was relatively in a good economic state, should've been a industrial super-power. Except, the "benign" British scuttled not only industrialization, but India's own traditional education and social systems.




India has had many decades of independence. Their failings are their own.


As has been shown by what the US has done repeatedly to other countries — and what has now been done to them — you don't need much to derail a country's progress and have them spiral into regressive regimes...


Yeah they spend money on space launches meanwhile UK taxpayers pay for aid to help starvation in areas in India.




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