Book Review : An Era of Darkness : The British Empire in India by Shashi Tharoor (Rating ****)
The book is written explicitly to inform us about the evil effects of British raj on Indian economy and culture. A lot of things written in the book are already known to us as we have studied them in our history textbooks. But Shashi gives us its more in-depth account. He have done nice research on the subject and information is very correct and supported with various references. The story starts with the visit of Europeans in the 15 th century attracted by spice trade with India. When they found that Indian political system is at weakest and it is easy to conquer them and take complete possession of the spice trade to their benefit, they just easily overran the subcontinent and the British raj began. Shashi Tharoor is a congress MP in India and his writing is always have a congress lens when he view any matter of Indian politics and history. He always tries to distance himself from Hindu origin of country and gives Muslims period equal credit for its development in past. He