Gary Oldman won an Oscar for portrayal of Churchill in “Darkest Hour” earlier this month.
Earlier this month, English actor Gary Oldman won an Oscar for his portrayal of Churchill in the World War II movie “Darkest Hour.” Much like in Britain, where he is a towering figure, the former British prime minister has been equally idolized on this side of the pond as well.
But now since Oldman’s Oscar, a number of Indian writers, among them, former Indian minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor, has questioned the uncritical adulation of Britain’s wartime hero in the West.
In a column in The Washington Post, Tharoor criticized Hollywood for “rewarding†Churchill, whom he termed as “one of the great mass murderers of the 20th century,†who has “escaped historical odium in the Westâ€â€”unlike his contemporaries Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.
The Indian politician and author pointed out that in spite of Churchill’s support of “terror bombing†and using weapons of mass destruction against people, Hollywood praises him as a great leader.
Tharoor, whose recent criticism of the British colonial rule in India touched a nerve, wrote that Churchill was accorded a hero’s status because of his “stirring rhetoric and his talent for a fine phrase during World War II, as epitomized in the following words: “We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end. … We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. … We shall never surrender.â€
Tharoor cited a number of occasions when Churchill supported the use of deadly weapons, among them his call for bombing protestors demanding the Irish independence.
“Dealing with unrest in Mesopotamia in 1921, as secretary of state for the colonies, Churchill acted as a war criminal,†Tharoor, a former diplomat, wrote. “He ordered large-scale bombing of Mesopotamia, with an entire village wiped out in 45 minutes.â€
According to Tharoor, Indians were the “principal victims†of Churchill.
Though he wanted to use chemical weapons in India, he couldn’t go ahead with his decision because his cabinet colleagues were against it, but he inflicted terror upon Indian people in a different way, Tharoor wrote.
The Congress MP pointed out that about four million Bengalis had to starve to death as a result of the famine in 1943 caused by Churchill’s decision to divert food supplies from Indians to British soldiers and European stockpiles in different countries.
Writing on BuzzFeed, New York-based writer Bedatri Datta Choudhury recalled that, in Bengali families, the elders don’t let others waste their food. Even after 75 years, “I am still grateful for the rice grain that makes its way to my plate,†she wrote.
She recalled stories her grandparents used to tell her. Though her generation hasn’t seen anything like that, the memories of old people are enough to understand the hardships faced by the people of Bengal during one of the worst famines in the history.
Apart from cutting down the food supplies to Bengal, Churchill didn’t allow an Australian ship to unload the cargo in Kolkata and diverted it to the Mediterranean and the Balkans to increase the buffer stocks.
When Churchill was busy with procuring supplies for his troops, the rural women in Bengal took to prostituting themselves to feed their children, Choudhury wrote.
Churchill, whom Choudhury termed “a famous racist,†maintained that the famine was the fault of Indians for “breeding like rabbits.â€
Writing in The Indian Express, Adrija Roychowdhury pointed out that Churchill was an admirer of Mussolini, who called him a “Roman genius…the greatest lawgiver among men.â€
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Churchill was right on,w.r..t Indians
Some opine that I misquote,or quote out of context.Pakistani and Chinese diplomats are aware of the Gospels of the Wise – but the hoi polloi are not.
Allow me to present the words of the epitome of intellectual genius,in the American Presidency – His Excellency,Richard Nixon.dindooohindoo
Gospel of Nixon – Chapter 1 Verse 1
Nixon also calls Indians “most sexlessâ€, “nothing†and “patheticâ€, according to the newly declassified White House tapes
Nixon says to Kissinger “To me, they turn me off. How the hell do they turn other people on, Henry? Tell me.â€
May I present the words of Babar the Great in Babarnama “Hindustan is a place of little charm. There is no beauty in its people, no graceful social intercourse, no poetic talent or understanding, no etiquette, nobility or manliness”
I would request the reader to note the similarity between Babar and Nixon !
Gospel of Nixon – Chapter 1 Verse 2
In November 1971, in the middle of a discussion about India-Pakistan tensions with Kissinger and Secretary of State William Rogers, after Rogers mentioned reprimanding Gandhi, the president blurted, “I don’t know how they reproduce!â€
Nixon was right.This is Hanooman describing the UNDERSIZED VIRILE MEMBRANE OF RAMA !
Book V : Sundara Kanda –Chapter 35 of the Valmiki Ramayana,Verse 18
“He is undersized at four places (viz. the neck, membran virile, the back and the shanks)”
Seeta Maiya also doubted Rama’s virility and sexuality !
Book II : Ayodhya Kanda – Book Of Ayodhya – Chapter 30
किमॠतà¥à¤µà¤¾ अमनà¥à¤¯à¤¤ वैदेहः पिता मे मिथिला अधिपः | राम जामातरमॠपà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤¯ सà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤¯à¤®à¥ पà¥à¤°à¥à¤· विगà¥à¤°à¤¹à¤®à¥ || २-३०-३
“What my father, the king of Mithila belonging to the country of Videha, think of himself having got as so-in-law you, a woman having the form of a man?â€
May I conclude by quoting the Great Henry Kissinger,as under:
Kissinger had said Indians are “superb flatterers†and “are masters at flattery. They are masters at subtle flattery. That’s how they survived 600 years. They suck up — their great skill is to suck up to people in key positions.â€
Rama said the same about the Brahmins who were the Diplomats who were dealing with Kissinger and Nixon !
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अनरà¥à¤¥ कà¥à¤¶à¤²à¤¾ हà¥à¤¯à¥ à¤à¤¤à¥‡ बालाः पणà¥à¤¡à¤¿à¤¤ मानिनः || २-१००-३८
38. I hope are not honouring the materialistic brahmins, My dear brother! These men are skilled in perverting the mind, ignorant as they are and thinking themselves to be learned.”
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बà¥à¤¦à¥à¤§à¤¿à¤®à¤¾à¤¨à¥ वीकà¥à¤·à¤¿à¤•ीमॠपà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤ªà¥à¤¯ निररà¥à¤¥à¤®à¥ पà¥à¤°à¤µà¤¦à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤¿ ते || २-१००-३९
39. “Reaching to their logical acumen, these men of perverted intellect preach meaninglessly, in the presence of eminent books on righteousness.”
The Conclusive Lumen Naturale
Allow me to present the words of His Excellency,His Magnificence Sir Charles Dickens on the “INDIANS”
“I wish I were Commander in Chief of India. The first thing I would do ……….., should be to proclaim to them in their language, that I considered my holding that appointment by the leave of God, to mean that I should do my utmost to EXTERMINATE THE RACE upon whom the stain of the late cruelties rested ………………., which all convenient dispatch and merciful swiftness of execution, to BLOT IT OUT of mankind and RAZE IT off the face of the earth.†– Charles Dickens, in a letter to Baronness Burdett-Coutts on 4 October 1857.
The readers might note the symmetrical gematria of the words in CAPITAL – EXTERMINATE, BLOT IT OUT and RAZE IT
And the piece de resistance of Charles Dickens
“You know faces, when they are not brown; you know common experiences when they are not under turbans; Look at the dogs – low, treacherous, murderous, tigerous villians.†– Dickens on Bharat, in a private letter to Emily de la Rue.
So the Strategic Forces Command and the Rocket Force of the Pakistani State and the PRC need to read Dickens and then ruminate,marinate,dessicate and then EXTERMINATE