India’s no longer hassled about the Empire. Or bothered about the Commonwealth. The now inverted trade equation between India and post-Brexit Britain is satisfying enough
India is totally over the Empire. Is the rest of the world there yet?
The signs have been there for years. Sometimes, India asks for the return of the Kohinoor diamond or requests an apology for Jallianwala Bagh. Some might say these calls for post-imperial grace are half-hearted, performative even. The last time the jewel properly came up in public conversation internationally was 18 months ago, ahead of Charles and Camilla’s coronation.
And the moment for any meaningful acknowledgement of the 1919 massacre of peaceful protesters in Amritsar came and went without a real result on the 100th anniversary the British guns were fired. That was five years ago.
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