My comment on an article written by Jennifer Lind and Sumit Ganguly

My comment on " Why Cameroon Didn't Apologize to India " in http://thediplomat.com/2013/03/05/why-cameron-didnt-apologize-to-india/comment-page-1/#comment-56476 Written Proffessor Jennifer Lind -  Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and Sumit Ganguly - professor of political science and holds the Tagore Chair in Indiana University, Bloomington

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In a strictly political parlance as far as this specific instance is concerned, the gesture of British PM is to make sure that he earns some brownies for his business community in particular and to project British as a responsible/reasonable/sensible nation state, which it was not until recently. The dwindling fortunes have forced England to opt for such gestures even it meant to be a little blow on the domestic front, these are especially done when elections are not around the corner ? But the moot point is why it cannot afford apologies to any other colonial country but India ? The reason is straight and apparent " Business" . Why it is not doing the same to any of its former colony is again "Business".

When I asked a question to a Brit writer Partrick French (@PatrickFrench2 ) " Where all the plunder has gone which the brits looted from India ? " in the context of Cameroon's visit recently. His answer was " Hard to answer that in 140 characters " in twitter. How true it is. The amount of riches it looted from India is indeed enormous but still countries such as these are struggling to keep up in the current economic scenario. So it becomes all the more responsibility of a head of government to make sure he pitches for British Business.

There can be two views narrow and broader. Again there is a scope to debate on which is broader and narrower. For now lets deduce that the Narrower being that this whole gesture is for sake of business than a genuine remorse and the broader being a sincere apology. What ever be the case the world is already bracing itself to manage the RE-EMERGENCE of India as an inevitable global power. Such gestures of apologies of a former ruthless colonial master goes a long way in promoting its own interests.

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