Look at HK and compare that to the size of India. India was granted freedom when Britain was broke, without much planning. We all know the state of India in 1947 (if not, go learn your history and economics). Either way, it is nice to know people like you exist, who would rather be ruled over by someone else than fix…

You lack even a basic understanding of imperialism, economics, and Indian history. The amount of stupidity in your post gave me cancer.

The whole point of the colonial system was economic exploitation of British colonies, such as India and Pakistan, for the direct benefit of Britain. Comfortable British lifestyles and public investment in the 19th and early 20th century were largely paid for by public wealth derived out of exploiting these colonies,…

When British entered India GDP of India was 1/3 of world (and that’s why they came here) - when British left 10 million of Indians died in partitions + 30 million died in Bengal famines during 1940 - 45, and do you know what Churchill said - “If food is so scarce, why hasn’t Gandhi died yet?”.

Don’t tell me that…

Being of Indian origin, or living in India does not make you an expert in history or the nature of colonialism. Hong Kong is a superficial comparison, which largely ignores the differences in geography, economics and policies that made it so different. If you thought India was ever the kind of freemarket capitalist…