Thiong'o, Shashi Tharoor and Films on Colonial History :

Thiong'o, Shashi Tharoor and Films on Colonial History :

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Here is my blog on Thiong'o, Shashi Tharoor and Films on Colonial History. Here is a task by Dilip Barad. Click here to know more about tasks.

Here I want to Share my view on the following topics.

Write on key arguments in Shashi Tharoor's book - An Era of Darkness.

Shashi Tharoor :

         Shaksho Thakor was born in London. Dr Tharoor was educated in India and the United States, completing a PhD in 1978 at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. In 1998 the World Economic Forum in Davos named him a ‘Global Leader of Tomorrow’.

               Dr. Tharoor has served as Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Minister of State for External Affairs in the Government of India. 

               In a passionate argument Lok Sabha MP Shaksho Thakor demanded reparation payment from the UK to India for 200 years of its colonial rules.

               The speech at Oxford by Shashi Tharoor. Shashi Tharoor was trying to pay attention to the argument at Oxford Union. He says that we have advanced by the opposition today. He gives many examples also.

    

               He says that Britain exported products. There were actually muslim making products and they taking raw material from india and world's markets became the products of the dark and the Victoria in England. British were trying to do their colonial enterprise and bring the benefit of colonialism and civilization. He also says that violence and racism are the reality of the colonial experience.

     

               In the interest of British colonialism and the fact is that many of today's problems in these countries including the racial , ethnic and tensions so, there is the direct result of colonialism.

              Dr. Tharoor gave a lecture on Looking Back at the British Raj in India and  how the British Raj has shaped the narrative around India-UK relations. The beginnings of British colonialism in the South Asian subcontinent. Shashi Tharoor argued  the production of high quality textiles that were sought after the roman Empire.

             He set about some of the "alleged benefits" of colonial rule.

             In his speech looking at the present day he expressed his concern about the lack of colonial memory in Britain.

              Tharoor's Indian identity is his passion for the British Raj. His narrative of British rule in India made a change from European colonialism. 

              In the Inglorious empire in the role of India support for the raj . There is something valuable and attention about colonialism.

          

Write critique on both the films with reference to postcolonial insights.

The Black Prince : 

The Black Prince is a 2017 international historical drama film directed by Kavi Raz and featuring the acting debut of Satinder Sartaaj. It tells the story of Duleep Singh, the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire and the Punjab area, and his relationship with Queen Victoria.

In the Film Edward never became king - he died before his father, Edward III - he is remembered as a great medieval military hero, with notable victories against the French in the Hundred Years War.

            

           In the movie prince Duleepsingh plays the role of a protagonist. One thing I noticed that this movie also focus on how British government ruled on India. Movie reflected good side of British government though providing so many things for prince but Prince always prefers conman life. Mother of the princes also hate British government and people. She didn't like their manner of hospitality. Normally movie working surrounding nationalism,colonialism,reflect British's manner,clothe,food,Christianity...

Victoria and Abdul :

Victoria & Abdul is a 2017 British biographical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. The film is based on the book of same name by Shrabani Basu, about the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Indian Muslim servant Abdul Karim.

In the film, Queen Victoria of any racial discrimination and glorify her as a wise and woke Empress. Their interaction is bereft of life-altering conversations, as one would expect. Frears – who has previously dealt with both, the royalty and Judi Dench, in The Queen and Philomena respectively lends Victoria a sense of dignity in quietude. Dench is unguarded and evocative, especially when she breaks down in Abdul’s company. She makes even the most stoic characters vulnerable. film about the mutual discovery and separation of two individuals, Frears would’ve walked away with a film both heartening and heartbreaking.

                                          

Summarise Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's views in 'Introduction: Towards the Universal Language of Struggle' - from 'Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature'.  

Decolonising the Mind is a collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity. The book, which advocates for linguistic decolonization, is one of Ngũgĩ’s best-known and most-cited non-fiction publications, helping to cement him as a pre-eminent voice theorizing the “language debate” in post-colonial studies.

Another word Imperialism continues to control the economic politics and culture of Africa. African society struggles a lot to liberate their economy, politics and culture. We know that Africa is still living as obviously economic and political despite. In Africa mostly people speak in English, french, Portuguese. Here Ngugi , the detrimental impact of colonization and imperialism extend all the way down to the very language that is used by particular authors.

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