I love the podcast and both Anita and William have a fantastic intellectual witty chemistry. I don’t find the podcast at all biased or rewriting history in an anti British agenda. I think it’s honest and raw and shares the other side of history. Often, history is rewritten by the victors, who for centuries have been white European men. As most of us are aware, there are many silent or forgotten voices that were never recorded or remembered. I think this podcast is a beautiful link between the history we think we know and the history we should know. I’m a white British guy and I have no problem in hearing about the British colonies and their dark history if it’s balanced and in context with the rest of the world at that time. What I don’t like is people being particularly biased towards the British Empire and forgetting about every other empire dealing with such horrors as slavery and colonisation.
It shows how dumb you are, and as evident from your other comments. RUclips doesn't show dislike numbers, it disabled it 4-5 years ago. There is nothing as such 'protected'. Read history books written by other nationals like of USA, Canadian. Proofs and facts are there.
@@isotropisch82 There was an app to show the thumbs up and thumbs down the day it was taken off. I can see thumbs down and so can you with the chrome extension.
I gave this Podcast a cautious go. It turned out to be as biased anti British as I expected. Anita Anand, is an example of despite being born in England she failed to assimilate. Having every privilege and advantage that she could wish for, she speaks Hindi like the native she isn't. Married another second generation coloniser of England from the Sub Continent. Despite being born and brought up in England she here dresses more like an Indian. Now she berates Britain for it's wonderful history. She does not acknowledge that the British Empire was the greatest net force for good the world has ever seen. Without the British Empire, it is impossible to imagine India existing in anything like it's current form. She is as English as Modi.
@@Archis_Anupam Ah, it begins. Wild claims unsupported by evidence or even logic. India was when the magnificent British arrived a group of waring Princeling states with different religions and languages. Without the unifying power of the English language, how could it ever have unified? If the English were not there, then the French would have taken their place and ask French colonies how they got on. Perhaps you would have preferred a Mughal Empire forcibly converting the sub continent to Islam. If that isn't your cup of tea, then the Maratha Empire, converting everyone to Hinduism. The British... well you know the list of benefits that they gave you. I understand that India and Pakistan are extremely anti British and that your education system encourages a myth past were all your problems are the fault of the British. Then your elites go to UK universities to get educated by self haters who encourage you to believe that false narrative. Only children blame others for their problems. Even before Britain peacefully left (near 80 years ago), you decided that you couldn't live in the same country as a large portion of India. Then to prove it, you demonstrated exactly how civilised you were on people traveling North and South.
@@Archis_Anupam I suspect I will have to block you but let's see if you are someone with whom I can have a rational conversation with. Consider these two statements. 1. Britain was plundering the wealth of it's colonies. 2. After two world wars, Britain in large part divested itself of it's colonies because it could no longer afford to maintain them. These two statements seem incompatible. Can you say something reasonable that we can build on with regard these clearly logically inconsistent statements.
@@williamvorkosigan5151 The two statements you made are not necessarily mutually exclusive because they occurred over different time periods. The loot and pilferage of the British Raj was not an isolated event but occurred over 190 years of Indian history. Its also true that the British could no longer afford to maintain their colonies as essentially they were at their lowest ebb in terms of the power they had in the 18th and 19th century which had drastically declined post World war 1 and 2. Also, the fact that you only chose to discredit the brown-faced individual when essentially there were two British people here having the same stand on British colonialism shows a bias which kind of makes me question this so-called 'cautious' attempt you made to listen to the Podcast. I understand that its sometimes difficult to face the bitter truth about your country's past but it doesn't make you any less of a patriot to confront the same. Still, wish you the best if you choose to ignore the same and keep believing the la la land version of history that you think the British Empire was.
@@123rohank Loot is a Hindi word. Languages only create useful words. Words for things that we do. We were new to this looting business, which is why we had to borrow a word from Hindi for doing it. Who were they looting? Did they loot the common man? The common man had nothing. Did they loot the Tipu Sultan? Yes they did and magnificently so. That wealth went to a small minority of people (Wellesley), it did not go to benefit British Citizens any more than Tip Sultan's wealth went to benefit citizens of Mysore. Where did Tipu Sultan get his wealth from? Did his father not invade Hindu Mysore? Did not the Tipu Sultan keep the legitimate Hindu ruler under house arrest? Did we not take Mysore with the support of the majority Hindu's? Did life expectancy increase or decrease under the British? Did average wealth of the people increase or decrease under the British. Did hunger increase or decrease under the British. Before you smugly bring up the Bengal Famine, I suggest you do some reading. If you bring it up, then you demonstrate that you are entirely unreachable. The famine was caused by Indian officials and failure to alleviate it was entirely the cause of the Japanese after significant effort to alleviate it by the British and though them the Australians. Did Sati end under the British? Did the Thuggee Cult get eradicated under the British? Yes indeed, you are incredibly biased. Anita looks pretty pale face to me. I am generations English. She is whiter than me. What has her skin colour got to do with anything? Are you racists? I equally have contempt for the man regardless of his skin colour or pedigree. I simply point out that Indian/Pakistani immigrants do not assimilate, that comment has nothing to do with race. No, I wasn't cautious because I might find out the truth. My desire is to believe as many true things as possible and as few untrue things as possible. This is just a case of British upper middle class hatred of their own nation and past converging with an Indian victimhood representation of the past. If you had any honesty at all, you would know that the next option down the line was for a significant part of the Indian sub continent (in particular the west coast) to become French colonies. There were French with Tipu Sultan. If you now had the command of French rather than English, would that be better for you? Would the French leave in peace as the British did? They didn't in Vietnam. It is you Sir, who are being intellectually dishonest. While having no desire to return to it, the British Empire was empirically the greatest net cause for good the world has ever seen. The Indian Sub Continent was blessed to be a part of it.
Never get enough of these two wonderful people ❤
I love the podcast and both Anita and William have a fantastic intellectual witty chemistry.
I don’t find the podcast at all biased or rewriting history in an anti British agenda. I think it’s honest and raw and shares the other side of history. Often, history is rewritten by the victors, who for centuries have been white European men. As most of us are aware, there are many silent or forgotten voices that were never recorded or remembered.
I think this podcast is a beautiful link between the history we think we know and the history we should know.
I’m a white British guy and I have no problem in hearing about the British colonies and their dark history if it’s balanced and in context with the rest of the world at that time.
What I don’t like is people being particularly biased towards the British Empire and forgetting about every other empire dealing with such horrors as slavery and colonisation.
Anita Anand love listening to you!
It's not a question of putting Britain down , it's a question of facing up to the truth.....
The chemistry between WD and AA is magic. Listen to Empire.
Hosts of one of my favorite podccast
Addicted to their podcast and it’s helping me through tough times.
If I’m at work I’m listening to empire
I want the British to keep the Loot in their museums and spend their public funds in safeguarding it.
Love your podcast. Nice trick with the “coffee” 🙏🏽🙏🏽
My favorite people!! 🥰❣😍
Wonderful discussion ❤
Intellectual fodder of best kind.. 👏🏻👏🏻
I love Anita’s humor
These two are (inter)national treasures
Please pay attention to the Audio quality/volume. this is a deal breaker.
Anita's beautiful
Talks a lot does William. Takes over, colonises the conversation, perhaps.
stupid complacency
This video is protected. It has zero thumbs down. I gave it a thumbs down and it still has zero thumbs down.
It shows how dumb you are, and as evident from your other comments.
RUclips doesn't show dislike numbers, it disabled it 4-5 years ago. There is nothing as such 'protected'.
Read history books written by other nationals like of USA, Canadian. Proofs and facts are there.
Thumbs down don't show on RUclips for a few years now.
@@isotropisch82 There was an app to show the thumbs up and thumbs down the day it was taken off. I can see thumbs down and so can you with the chrome extension.
Thumbs down? You're crazy.
I gave this Podcast a cautious go. It turned out to be as biased anti British as I expected. Anita Anand, is an example of despite being born in England she failed to assimilate. Having every privilege and advantage that she could wish for, she speaks Hindi like the native she isn't. Married another second generation coloniser of England from the Sub Continent. Despite being born and brought up in England she here dresses more like an Indian. Now she berates Britain for it's wonderful history. She does not acknowledge that the British Empire was the greatest net force for good the world has ever seen. Without the British Empire, it is impossible to imagine India existing in anything like it's current form. She is as English as Modi.
correct, we could have probably been in better condition.
@@Archis_Anupam Ah, it begins. Wild claims unsupported by evidence or even logic. India was when the magnificent British arrived a group of waring Princeling states with different religions and languages. Without the unifying power of the English language, how could it ever have unified? If the English were not there, then the French would have taken their place and ask French colonies how they got on. Perhaps you would have preferred a Mughal Empire forcibly converting the sub continent to Islam. If that isn't your cup of tea, then the Maratha Empire, converting everyone to Hinduism. The British... well you know the list of benefits that they gave you. I understand that India and Pakistan are extremely anti British and that your education system encourages a myth past were all your problems are the fault of the British. Then your elites go to UK universities to get educated by self haters who encourage you to believe that false narrative. Only children blame others for their problems. Even before Britain peacefully left (near 80 years ago), you decided that you couldn't live in the same country as a large portion of India. Then to prove it, you demonstrated exactly how civilised you were on people traveling North and South.
@@Archis_Anupam I suspect I will have to block you but let's see if you are someone with whom I can have a rational conversation with. Consider these two statements. 1. Britain was plundering the wealth of it's colonies. 2. After two world wars, Britain in large part divested itself of it's colonies because it could no longer afford to maintain them. These two statements seem incompatible. Can you say something reasonable that we can build on with regard these clearly logically inconsistent statements.
@@williamvorkosigan5151 The two statements you made are not necessarily mutually exclusive because they occurred over different time periods. The loot and pilferage of the British Raj was not an isolated event but occurred over 190 years of Indian history. Its also true that the British could no longer afford to maintain their colonies as essentially they were at their lowest ebb in terms of the power they had in the 18th and 19th century which had drastically declined post World war 1 and 2. Also, the fact that you only chose to discredit the brown-faced individual when essentially there were two British people here having the same stand on British colonialism shows a bias which kind of makes me question this so-called 'cautious' attempt you made to listen to the Podcast. I understand that its sometimes difficult to face the bitter truth about your country's past but it doesn't make you any less of a patriot to confront the same. Still, wish you the best if you choose to ignore the same and keep believing the la la land version of history that you think the British Empire was.
@@123rohank Loot is a Hindi word. Languages only create useful words. Words for things that we do. We were new to this looting business, which is why we had to borrow a word from Hindi for doing it. Who were they looting? Did they loot the common man? The common man had nothing. Did they loot the Tipu Sultan? Yes they did and magnificently so. That wealth went to a small minority of people (Wellesley), it did not go to benefit British Citizens any more than Tip Sultan's wealth went to benefit citizens of Mysore. Where did Tipu Sultan get his wealth from? Did his father not invade Hindu Mysore? Did not the Tipu Sultan keep the legitimate Hindu ruler under house arrest? Did we not take Mysore with the support of the majority Hindu's? Did life expectancy increase or decrease under the British? Did average wealth of the people increase or decrease under the British. Did hunger increase or decrease under the British. Before you smugly bring up the Bengal Famine, I suggest you do some reading. If you bring it up, then you demonstrate that you are entirely unreachable. The famine was caused by Indian officials and failure to alleviate it was entirely the cause of the Japanese after significant effort to alleviate it by the British and though them the Australians. Did Sati end under the British? Did the Thuggee Cult get eradicated under the British? Yes indeed, you are incredibly biased. Anita looks pretty pale face to me. I am generations English. She is whiter than me. What has her skin colour got to do with anything? Are you racists? I equally have contempt for the man regardless of his skin colour or pedigree. I simply point out that Indian/Pakistani immigrants do not assimilate, that comment has nothing to do with race. No, I wasn't cautious because I might find out the truth. My desire is to believe as many true things as possible and as few untrue things as possible. This is just a case of British upper middle class hatred of their own nation and past converging with an Indian victimhood representation of the past. If you had any honesty at all, you would know that the next option down the line was for a significant part of the Indian sub continent (in particular the west coast) to become French colonies. There were French with Tipu Sultan. If you now had the command of French rather than English, would that be better for you? Would the French leave in peace as the British did? They didn't in Vietnam. It is you Sir, who are being intellectually dishonest. While having no desire to return to it, the British Empire was empirically the greatest net cause for good the world has ever seen. The Indian Sub Continent was blessed to be a part of it.
Love that Communism. Love the parochial tribes. Really , the most atrocities in history. You haven't read very much.