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India: This was the situation in 1751

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This was the situation in 1751. The English were a mere speck on the map. Yet in less than a hundred years they took control of the whole country. We have to thank our erstwhile ruling families, collaborating upper castes and prevalent social systems that enabled a foreign commercial company (East India Company) to become the dominant political power.
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Mohan Guruswamy 
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It were exactly the upper caste soldiers Brahmins and Rajputs who were helping the British in expanding their rule all over the sub - continent .They prospered under privileges given to them by colonists of not only regular pay and higher social acceptance but the accompanying loot of all native Rajas they got fattened with.
When none were left to loot and spread the reach of the British empire they in 1857 revolted .
Spinners of tales now concocted a new name for these soldiers in revolt , belonging to their own caste , as revolutionaries !!!! Aha those who took away freedom of others and annexed all the lands for foreigners are called in Post Independence India as freedom fighters !!!!!
This time those whom these castes had earlier taken their lands - the Sikhs were conveniently called traitors !!!
Such is travesty of truth in India where these higher castes spin tales to suit themselves .


Gurpreet Singh Anand

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The British and other Europeans played far from home garnering wealth through trade and exploitation! It was a game everybody was playing. The Europeans got really good with their warships and aggressive overseas trading! From the sub-continent only the Cholas had the maritime prowess to profit from overseas expansion but their time came and went well before the modern era! The Indian Kingdoms and Rulers collapsed because they could not come up with the Strategic Alliances and Technology to best the small but organized British Trading Interests backed by superior technology! Even among the European Powers Britain exercised dominance early on! So let's not beat ourselves up unnecessarily! Let us look at the Strategy to be followed going forward. Technology and Innovation and the strength of a large population is what needs to be leveraged!

Anthony Joseph

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