British Pm Should Seek Apology For Jallianwala: Tharoor

[Hindustani78]

Indian-origin MP Virendra Sharma launched a public petition this year. | Photo Credit: Vipin Chandran

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...bagh-stance/article21292002.ece?homepage=true


‘The massacre was a deeply shameful act in British history’

The British government has reiterated its past stance on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, following the call from London Mayor Sadiq Khan for a formal apology from the government, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the atrocity in 2019.

“As the former British Minister said when he visited the Jallianwala Bagh in 2013, the massacre was a deeply shameful act in British history and one that we should never forget. It is right that we pay respect to those who lost their lives and remember what happened. The British government rightly condemned the events at the time,” said a spokesperson for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

In 2013, then Prime Minister David Cameron, while on a visit to India, stopped short of a formal apology, and on returning to Britain, he insisted it would be wrong to “reach back into history”.

While many in Britain — not least within the sizeable Indian diaspora — are deeply angry and ashamed about the massacre, Britain’s colonial past remains a controversial issue, particularly around the Brexit referendum and hopes of reviving Britain as a “great trading nation”. One senior Cabinet member insisted in 2016 that “the U.K. is one of the few countries in the EU that does not need to bury its 20th century history”.

Public petition

Labour MP Virendra Sharma launched a public petition on the parliamentary website earlier this year to call on the government to issue a formal apology, which has so far attracted 1,793 signatories. Twenty-nine MPs from across the political spectrum have also signed an Early Day Motion — a parliamentary mechanism for MPs to draw attention to an issue — calling for an apology ahead of the massacre’s 100th anniversary. It also calls for the government to ensure British children are taught about the “shameful period” and to inaugurate a memorial day to mark the event

 

[Divergent]

The British people of this generation are not apologetic for the mistakes of their previous predecessors.

 

[Hindustani78]

The British people of this generation are not apologetic for the mistakes of their previous predecessors.

Mistake is in real is really a too small word here. As its linked to the Holy sites of the ancient nations.

 

[HariVamsha]

The British people of this generation are not apologetic for the mistakes of their previous predecessors.

British of ANY generation were never apologetic for any of their mistakes, past or present.

Its one of your defining traits. A sense of entitlement.

 

[Corona]

The British people of this generation are not apologetic for the mistakes of their previous predecessors.

No one's asking the British people to apologize, especially for something their ancestors did. But the systems that enabled this event to happen are more or less still intact, the Crown and the government. They should be the ones apologizing.

 

[HariVamsha]

No one's asking the British people to apologize, especially for something their ancestors did. But the systems that enabled this event to happen are more or less still intact, the Crown and the government. They should be the ones apologizing.

The very fact that you have to explain the obvious says a lot about british character ( or lack of it)

Their queen even apologized to the Maori who did not suffer even 1/10 of what the Indians suffered.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/queen-to-say-sorry-to-the-maori-people-1589370.html

 

[Corona]

The very fact that you have to explain the obvious says a lot about british character ( or lack of it)

Their queen even apologized to the Maori who did not suffer even 1/10 of what the Indians suffered.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/queen-to-say-sorry-to-the-maori-people-1589370.html

It's precisely because of what we suffered that we never got an apology. We suffered more than anyone else under the British. It's easy to apologize when the crime is trivial. To apologize for all the crimes they did, they're gonna have to swallow their pride.

 

[HariVamsha]

It's precisely because of what we suffered that we never got an apology. We suffered more than anyone else under the British. It's easy to apologize when the crime is trivial. To apologize for all the crimes they did, they're gonna have to swallow their pride.

Then it will be all the more fun stripping them of it. What will not be freely given, must be taken.

 

[Corona]

Then it will be all the more fun stripping them of it. What will not be freely given, must be taken.

To force and belittle them into giving an apology will simply make us the same as them. And like I said, the people alive now aren't responsible. The government and the royal family must apologize on the behalf of their ancestors. That will be significant enough.

 

[Divergent]

British of ANY generation were never apologetic for any of their mistakes, past or present.

Its one of your defining traits. A sense of entitlement.

We don’t have a sense of entitlement. We’ Tired of being accused of things that was way before our time. The British also till date gives India aid

 

[HariVamsha]

To force and belittle them into giving an apology will simply make us the same as them. And like I said, the people alive now aren't responsible. The government and the royal family must apologize on the behalf of their ancestors. That will be significant enough.

I don't care about their apology. Its irrelevant.

What matters to me is an opportunity to embarrass their govt. the way they try to humiliate India.

https://www.newslaundry.com/2015/11...what-british-newspapers-said-about-modi-in-uk

We don’t have a sense of entitlement. We’ Tired of being accused of things that was way before our time. The British also till date gives India aid

Its your sense of entitlement that makes you tired of being accused off stuff on which your present is built.

You have no qualms about enjoying the fruits of your ancestors theft, but balk at expressing shame and guilty over the same.

That is exactly what entitlement means.

 

[livingdead]

The British people of this generation are not apologetic for the mistakes of their previous predecessors.

its too late for apology anyway... purely symbolic and has zero significance for this generation.
sashi seems to be obsessed with british raj... when rest of India has moved on long time ago.

 

[HariVamsha]

its too late for apology anyway... purely symbolic and has zero significance for this generation.
sashi seems to be obsessed with british raj... when rest of India has moved on long time ago.

Sashi for all his flaws, has done a sterling job in setting the record straight for all those who glossed over the evils of the british empire.

Know your past to predict the future.

 

[livingdead]

Sashi for all his flaws, has done a sterling job in setting the record straight for all those who glossed over the evils of the british empire.

Know your past to predict the future.

as long as its academic or for purpose of informing public, its okey... but politics over it and unnecessarily hassling a friendly regime, is not ok.
I am not saying Sashi is hassling british govt but he should tone down a bit, am sure his books will sell on its merit.

 

[Divergent]

I don't care about their apology. Its irrelevant.

What matters to me is an opportunity to embarrass their govt. the way they try to humiliate India.

https://www.newslaundry.com/2015/11...what-british-newspapers-said-about-modi-in-uk



Its your sense of entitlement that makes you tired of being accused off stuff on which your present is built.

You have no qualms about enjoying the fruits of your ancestors theft, but balk at expressing shame and guilty over the same.

That is exactly what entitlement means.

Hate to tell you this, but no one is apologising. Sh*t happens.