British Can't Protect the Artefacts They Stole. Here's Why | Vantage with Palki Sharma

British Can't Protect the Artefacts They Stole. Here's Why | Vantage with Palki Sharma
The British stole artefacts from across the world. And now they are unable to protect them. A British Museum worker is suspected of stealing artefacts from the Museum.
It can't protect what belongs to other countries. When will the British Museum return stolen loot? Palki Sharma tells you more.
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[@tornripped6315]

England may very well be the MOST STUBBORN and NARCISSISTIC country on Earth! Like a true narcissist, they (and the rest of the Western European countries) made a big mess of this world and instead of "cleaning up" their mess, "they" prefer to, --- "cover it up!" Just an observation. ✌️😐

[@marioluna2957]

British Museum to return Palki’s other pair of earrings they stole from her jewelery box🧐👊

[@NavinShah-nk1tv]

@@marioluna2957did you steal from BRITISH MUSEUM

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Tell me how many museums are built by India since 1947?? At least Indian artefacts are protected in the UK. Indians would have smuggled out to the black market anyway. Also Indians should thank and pay to the British for helping them avoid complete conversion to Islam. British put an end to Islamic Rule in India and thats the biggest favour they did to Indians.

[@worldpeace2631]

The Great Britain ❌ The Great Looter 🤡 ✔️

[@rameshkrishnan8083]

Even the word loot is looted from Hindi word lootera.GREAT BRITAIN, GREAT LOOTER INDEED.

[@deathadder4999]

​@@rameshkrishnan8083not Hindi from Sanskrit.

[@Jeaucques]

​@@deathadder4999From Hindi (Corrupted Sanskrit). The Hindi word (Loot) itself is derived from Sanskrit word (Lunthana).

[@biswajitjana2557]

❤❤

[@rameshkrishnan8083]

@@deathadder4999 oh,yeah, sorry

[@GururajBN]

Another excuse can be “My great grandfather stole the artefacts. I didn’t steal. I have just inherited the family heirloom!”

[@monaliza3334]

Give it back, you know it was stolen 😏...

[@afriedrich1452]

Let them eat diamonds.

[@g.p616]

Without the BM these artefacts would have been destroyed or looted and sold on the black market by the warlords controlling these countries the British civilised in their empire-fact!

[@secondchance6603]

It's very telling that the only country to have ever stolen from another country is the UK. Apparently this has never ever happened anywhere else in the entire history of the human race. Fascinating stuff!

[@Artrader_em8ko]

😂😂

[@chinmaykamalapurkar16]

As an indian it angers me to know these thiefs got away with it...

[@kdas2000in]

If indians looted from sri lanka, malaysia & indinesia. What abt that?

[@kdas2000in]

Even indians looted from sri lanka, malaysia & indinesia. What abt that?

[@akashchauhan4142]

@@kdas2000inyou grandson of thief, how dare you go against humanity by siding with loot. someone steal your things and backs up that’s the worst of whites the fhritish cunning af.

[@holeesheet8582]

@@kdas2000in reply with facts not with your stupid imagination

[@yashasvisharma9356]

​@@kdas2000indon't think so they can too m our ancient king has taken there land for 800 years

[@DickTechno]

As a German, I am proud that our government is giving things back from the colonial era to the peoples who were hurt by our ancestors. I wish all countries would return looted art and follow the German example.

[@superNova10020]

The west counts hitlar in the super villan list for what he did to jews But potreys uk and Churchill in good light inspite they did the same throughout centuries to india and Africa. Is it Cause they are in the winning side of ww2 or black life doesn't matter . So all the west are resist hypocrites .

[@ShinjiIkari007]

One of the things I like about Germans is that they atleast have the decency to recognise & educate their people about historical wrongs. Whether it's colonial loot or WW2 crimes unlike Japan that still doesn't apologize for it's war crimes nor do they teach their next generation about what really happened in WW2. Many Japanese still think they did nothing wrong which is a very dangerous mentality going forward. Same with British like the video above said, Britisher don't acknowledge their wrong doings, dont teach their next generation about it in history textbooks nor they apologize for literally killing more people than Hitler. Yes, British killed more people in India alone than Hitler ever did. The Bengal Famine being one of them & incidents like Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. That's just India, god knows how many they killed & oppressed in other colonies in Africa. So I like Germans for that. They have basic human decency & respect for other countries & cultures. You can't fix what has happened in the past but atleast you can acknowledge it & show some remorse & we can all move forward without any hatred in our hearts

[@antonmoric1469]

And maybe someday the UK and US govt.'s, and others, will return all that they looted from Germany after WWII.

[@superNova10020]

​​@@ShinjiIkari007it was worst what japan did But then what 🇺🇸 did is the greatest sin till entire human history. That's why usa first should be apologetic to entire civilization for nuking innocent citizens.

[@afriedrich1452]

Hopefully, all Middle East artifacts will be given back so that Muslims can destroy all history, as they did in Iraq, Syria, and to a lesser extent in Libya, so that these heresies are eliminated.

[@ankitanandy6076]

A thief's house is bound to be targetted by other thieves.

[@judewarner1536]

That's not a real adage; I think you just made it up!

[@ankitanandy6076]

@@judewarner1536 it is, when a thief's house gets looted, everyone celebrates.

[@judewarner1536]

@@ankitanandy6076 An adage, by definition, is an ancient wise saying; not the whining of an incontinent victim suffering from the inherited sour grapes of a great great grandfather who couldn't hang onto his baubles.

[@ankitanandy6076]

@@judewarner1536 if returning national treasures is response to whining, be it so. to us these are way more than decorative items. justifying theft is just as criminal as theft. sooner or later, you will realise.

[@judewarner1536]

@@ankitanandy6076 Many of the artifacts you are talking about were bought legitimately by collectors and left to the British Museum. Many others were given in exchange (barter, if you will) for expensive industrial products made in England... somebody had to pay for railtrack, locomotives and rolling-stock. Yet others were ''given'' as bribes to Officers of the East India Company, by for example, the Mughal Emperor in exchange for military assistance against some Southern Indian upstarts whose name I forget (and I bet you've never heard of!!!). And yet more as bribes to Officials of the Raj for giving advantage to certain Emirs and other leaders. There was undoubtedly corruption, but that was nothing new in India prior to colonisation and continues to this day in the Indian Central, Regional and Local governments. India is No.50 in the league table of corrupt nations on the same level as certain Eastern European, African and South American countries... nothing to boast about.

[@rsb5575]

The Great British Loot Museum!

[@sumandutta4834]

Without the looted items, British Museum will be empty. Hence it is understandable that they don't want to return artifacts to original owners.

[@tufsoft1]

The Elgin marbles are probably the only marbles the Brits have left.

[@humanbeing8948]

There is so much irony about the british museum becoming empty. It's like colonizers have no history to ogle at. The narrative that no colonizer will ever admit.

[@secondchance6603]

It's very telling that the only country to have ever stolen from another country is the UK. Apparently this has never ever happened anywhere else in the entire history of the human race. Fascinating stuff!

[@achillesglacia7700]

but has anyone ask why are they so desperate to hang unto those artifacts, do they hold some kind of power that we are not aware of?

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Tell me how many museums are built by India since 1947?? At least Indian artefacts are protected in the UK. Indians would have smuggled out to the black market anyway

[@saur007]

Foreign tourists must stop visiting British museums. These people pay fees to see loot from their own countries . Then only Britain will come to its senses, without tourists money they won't be able to maintain the expenses of their museums.

[@judewarner1536]

Foreign tourists must stop visiting India, they are supporting a culture of rape and child trafficking.

[@superNova10020]

​@@farallimachaCause it'll be supper funny for people to pay decoits to experience their loots

[@afriedrich1452]

@@farallimacha Free admission? That's even worse. That means even poor people can waste their time in museums.

[@abhijeetkumar2204]

​@@afriedrich1452Every rich was poor till yesterday 😂 and Europe & Britain is example of that 😅

[@afriedrich1452]

@@abhijeetkumar2204 Not every rice, only basmati rice was poor till yesterday. Now they rich because they buy crypto.

[@sharminiserasinghe3293]

The British might call the looted items as 'commonwealth'.

[@indian9632]

They refuse to return back the stolen goods shamelessly

[@kdas2000in]

Even indians looted from sri lanka, malaysia & indinesia. What abt that?

[@svennielsen633]

It was not stolen. Most of it was without any legal protection and paid for or found only thanks to Western scientific expeditions.

[@habenuchi2503]

They are worthless without it. That's why

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Tell me how many museums are built by India since 1947?? At least Indian artefacts are protected in the UK. Indians would have smuggled out to the black market anyway

[@indian9632]

@@kamandalamjalam1541 your neighbour protects your wealth better than you, trust me bro

[@seewanbundhoo7796]

The countries we are seeing poor today should have been the richest if they were not robbed of their wealth.

[@charmaine8512]

Heart of heart even today the British are doing the same thing to us immigrants. One has to pack and settle in tge Western dominated societies to see how they run organisations. Nothing honest about this privileged society. It is a virus that they themselves need to cure as it will be discussed in 50 years how we still are controlled by this lazy lot.

[@afriedrich1452]

Yes. Poor countries need their museums, not food and foreign technology.

[@jeanettewee8805]

In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty. For more information about this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about colonialism.

[@afriedrich1452]

@@jeanettewee8805 If Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia were colonized, they would have been much better off now, gaining a technological edge.

[@sonaliv1489]

Anything you can twist and turn and distort and contort to justify your ancestors misdeeds. How proud contortionists would be of you. You twist words just to feel that you're a savior. Ego much!

[@ShinjiIkari007]

Indian Government should hire top tier heist masters to rob this museum & get our Ancient India Artefacts. If British really have zero shame & not giving it the normal way then we should resort to other tactics. Stealing your property back from a thief is not robbery, it's repossession.

[@GB-np9eq]

we'd have to hire British! Top tier thieves ;)

[@paleesemendy7497]

I live in Germany but many Germans are not aware of the barbaric things done by their fathers. Germans still occupy lands in Africa just like the British and French. Europe today is just better but its still the wine in a new bottle

[@Kayash_Kino]

well they could get it out of the museum but not out of these respective country as that would violate major international laws.

[@samwisegamgee289]

ah but first you have to get caught

[@awardtemp5937]

Send Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan as Don and Dhoom to loot the heist 😂😂😂

[@suumitsingh]

Lot of Indian temple Arti facts are also displayed in the British Museum and I believe the British can easily return them and show the world that they mean what they say when they refer themselves as ultimate champions of sincerity and honesty 🤔

[@samwisegamgee289]

don t believe in political bull my friend they just make believe to appease and hope everyone forgets

[@distinctga5811]

Maybe India should take care of the artifacts it already has instead of focusing on what the British took when it ruled the sub-continent.

[@samwisegamgee289]

@@distinctga5811 India never belonged to the brits they invaded and stole what was not theirs...do you think vietnam ever belonged to the americans your thinking is warped

[@santoshmohanty2201]

​@@distinctga5811India belong to them my foot british racist colonial arrogance never gone

[@distinctga5811]

@@samwisegamgee289 India did belong to the British, and before the British it belonged to the Mughals. It's called conquest, the same conquest that Indian's engaged in for their entire history. Who do you think built many of those monuments? Slaves. Conquered people. What do you think the Caste system is derived from? Conquest. What do you think the Ramayana is about? Conquest. Indians in the South were routinely conquered and oppressed by Northerners. You don't know your own history. Before you sit here and talk about what the British did to the Indian sub-continent, KNOW that it is far less than what the Brahmans have done to the lower castes. The Brits will give back the few rocks and stones they took when the Brahmans relinquish all property to the lower castes. The pendulum swings both ways. Vietnam never belonged to the Americans because, unlike Indians, Americans rejected conquest despite being the most capable of it. Lastly, talk to me when India stops supporting Russia and China in their efforts to conquer their neighbors and, therefore, normalize conquest. Also, if you want to complain about how you've been wronged and be received then you must also identify how you have benefited from said entities, whether it be the British, Americans or some other society. The fact that you have a computer and there are an extra 1 billion people living in India today are not the result of Indian technological advancements and the sharing of technology worldwide is a norm put in place by the USA. It's tit for tat, yet you clearly don't fully comprehend the world around you. You cherry pick to create a false narrative.

[@zsoltszopko9817]

Well done Palki! Speaking the TRUTH!

[@SolaRa08]

"A shining symbol of wide-ranging theft..." 🤣🤣🤣

[@kdas2000in]

Even indians looted from sri lanka, malaysia & indinesia. What abt that?

[@davejohnson6738]

Very well said Ms Palki 👏👏, Karma will get back with the Great Britain.

[@soubhagya8808]

Great ?!

[@NavinShah-nk1tv]

Karma has already started with. Loot masters of the world

[@secondchance6603]

@@NavinShah-nk1tv So when are you going to stump up reparations for your own shitty history?

[@dwayne9743]

Not knowing it was stolen is one thing but knowing and not giving a damn shows they are no better than they who took it.

[@JT-dj4jw]

Karma is a boomerang 😎

[@judewarner1536]

We gained and gave away an Empire and lost peanuts; your boomerang is a dead stick.

[@Talushallux1]

@@judewarner1536oh ya, we know you are in your once a week food bank, begging France to take illegals and bleeding 300 Billion to brexit losses, importing food & workforce from former colonies! Promise me to vote Tories again, for shafting you 😆

[@superNova10020]

​@@judewarner1536oh really I think that's why 🇬🇧 nhs is collapsing and food inflation is skyrocketing

[@superNova10020]

​​@@judewarner1536although boomerang will have very limited impact on leeches due to it's tiny surface area.

[@judewarner1536]

@@Talushallux1 1/ At least we have food banks not Untouchables starving to death in the streets, 2/ France are the ones sending the illegals, 3/ Brexit is a long term process... rather like BRICS, but without the arguments and with a hard currency unlike the recently rejected INR for oil, 4/ we've always imported the majority of our food, what do you think The Corns Laws were all about (?); at least we aren't begging knock-off wheat from Comrade Putin, 5/ speaking of importing workforce from former colonies, Indians are coming to UK, BY RIGHT, legally in droves, and by the same token fleeing India, 6/ I always voted Liberal Democrat until they betrayed their supporters by joining the Tories in 2010. 6 - nil, you lose!

[@JohnMwangi-jv3pp]

Its like entering a crime scene .

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Tell me how many museums are built by India since 1947?? At least Indian artefacts are protected in the UK. Indians would have smuggled out to the black market anyway

[@abiradas]

As an Indian living in London...I agree with almost everything other than the fact that the Museums are ticketed. Most museums in London are free. It runs mainly on donations by patrons. Donations are not mandatory as well. Though I do agree the Britain owes India repatriations..

[@secondchance6603]

Though I do agree the Britain owes India repatriations. Why?

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Tell me how many museums are built by India since 1947?? At least Indian artefacts are protected in the UK. Indians would have smuggled out to the black market anyway

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

India should be thankful to the British for helping them out completely converted to Islam. British broke down the Islamic Empire existing and India should pay fo rit.

[@user-gi5ft3it9l]

There are also many foreign cultural relics in the Forbidden City of China, but they were not obtained through plunder or improper means. As a Chinese, a history enthusiast, and someone who wants to promote the friendly development of bilateral relations. I hope the British Museum can return cultural relics obtained through unreasonable channels. A good museum is not about having many exhibits or priceless items, but about being able to face history squarely and having a clear conscience.

[@williamriley5118]

Give it all back!!!

[@jillmaltby]

No

[@jojophilipmendez679]

So stealing from this museums are also not stealing but lack of security and the display of the skill of the theif😂

[@prasadsawant3396]

Palki .. like you never called Wuhan virus as COVID… same way please don’t call this “CHOR BAZAAR” as museum

[@I09862p]

It can be a bazar either , its not on sell otherwise most countries would have brought it back.

[@Magadh7]

Shameless! Small Britain

[@orientnayan]

"World's greatest thief!"...couldn't help letting a chuckle out. 😊😁

[@philippecardichon6498]

Wow! these people are real gentlemen 😢

[@TheIndianVCC]

We are building "Yuge Yugeen bharat" museum in India. We are not far from asking these "Thieves" to return back our ancient heritage, art, statues, artifacts related to Our Indian History. ALL OF THEM. And this time UK and others HAVE to give them back as India is now a major geopolitical power. More powerful than UK.

[@girikg8571]

British musium is the largest "chor bazar" in the world..

[@satyabratarout2109]

Their Legacy successfully transferred from gen to gen 😂

[@lakshmankarunaratne3541]

Well said Palki, well said. It's funny that the British calls their country as Great Britain. Not a singke country has self glorified itself. In fact they are Great Robbers!

[@frostcrusader5680]

Like how you monkeys still have slaveryb

[@mummy5490]

​@@frostcrusader5680slavery is monarchy of british

[@shadowreflex1030]

Once a great man said "Brits included hindi word 'loot' in their dictionary as well as their habits"

[@wazir1561]

Do you know why they call loot if they used the word thieft that would be a shame for them 😂

[@vivavois8966]

Never trust pirate

[@judewarner1536]

Or piranha!

[@vivavois8966]

@@judewarner1536 Or snake!

[@judewarner1536]

@@vivavois8966 ssssssss! Trust in me, trust in me. ssssssss!

[@JoyceBlundell-pe3ed]

Good job Palkie!

[@praveensurendran3593]

Agree with the points and just a small correction about ticketing. There’s no fee to enter the museum and the charges we see are voluntary donations. Talking about the museum and not the tower where Kohinoor is kept. About the latter was never keen to pay a hefty entry fee to see the diamond!

[@ataboyboyboy8895]

I do believe that UK should return its loot. However, if that country is incapable of looking after and preserving the artefacts then it shouldn't be returned. They should be grateful.

[@NirodhaSriLankan]

Well said ❤

[@bad_baddadandem]

Perfectly said #palki #freedom

[@ludba100]

Thankyou Palki , for bringing up all knowledgable topics

[@malathirajesh248]

Finders keepers…!!! Interesting.. by that logic why do they have a investigation for the theft from their museum

[@ggoyadi9385]

Wow! Well said

[@vivavois8966]

The main loot is still hidden in the palace dungeon, subterranean chambers & under sacred hills.

[@samithpriyantha6125]

I am a sri lankan and i urge british government not to return even a tiny part of antique itoms that had been brought to their country from sri lanka during colonial era. The reason for that is sri lankan politicians are so corrupt that there are allegations against them for robberies in musiums in sri lanka and treasure hunting too. Not only that , thailand has recently returned an elephant from sri lanka which they had donated few years ago , due to not taking its care properly. I plead again not to return anything from london musium , and not to donate any animals to sre lanka. I am a sri lankan , but i should express truth , even though it is bitter anh irritate both corrupt politicians and corrupt officers in institutions in sri lanka. Thank you so much , for paving the way to express comments for us.

[@LaggardInLove]

Very sad to hear. We have been following what's going on there. Hope you get a good leader and stabilize soon. Love from India❤

[@charusahai4821]

I love it when she says the world's greatest thief.

[@skanthaadsigns]

Dont despair, Karma has a way of imposing a rebalance

[@secondchance6603]

Hopefully karma will come down very hard on all the Indians who own slaves.

[@coyotestylepro1150]

Palki's l🥪nch analogy hit me deep 😔😅

[@siddharthannandhakumar6187]

Hospitals in UK treat for very less costs. Is it the loot paying?

[@Srikanthraoma]

Looted items has to be given back. This will make their country proud. Jai Hind Vande Mataram.

[@secondchance6603]

It's very telling that the only country to have ever stolen from another country is the UK. Apparently this has never ever happened anywhere else in the entire history of the human race. Fascinating stuff!

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Tell me how many museums are built by India since 1947?? At least Indian artefacts are protected in the UK. Indians would have smuggled out to the black market anyway

[@nkm160164]

Excellent!

[@angusyoung824]

Take their tea and crumpets.

[@Human_01]

Even 'those' ingredients come from other parts of the world.

[@KeshavAgrawalGuru]

Government should announce the bounties on their articles, make it public, whoever does this will be rewarded security as well

[@wesdale1753]

Give them back or suffer the cost. Reap what you sow

[@JW.C396]

How does the British monarchy build an empire? On the rubble in the colonized lands found in their museums of genocidal history.

[@RollaArtis]

And some people in India protect their past history by dismantling sacred temples of other religions...

[@vineshprasad627]

British are actually proud that ancestors stole from the other countries, but karma is catching up thou.

[@danilobautista8954]

You are right, Palki…the British is indeed the greatest THIEF!

[@malpalmer3269]

Brilliant headline

[@Arun_Kumar_UK]

Being on the wrong side of history and refusing to right the wrongs even after almost a century is so shameful. What gives these criminals the right to speak about democracy, sovereignty , dictatorship or even anything remotely connected to morality ?

[@secondchance6603]

So when is India going to stop using slaves or is it different when it comes to that?

[@Arun_Kumar_UK]

​@@secondchance6603 You are correct to point out there is pockets of chained labour (which is slavery) which happens. Needless to say that's very illegal, the govt cracks down on it, and it also a social taboo. But there are remote pockets where this exploitation happens and when discovered is all over the news. Since we are talking about slavery, we have to admit the slavery is ripe in the west in the form of modern slavery. Some of it happens in the form of exploiting migrants without status, be it children or adults. This modern slavery in the west shockingly is a big part of the economy, and is an accepted social practice. The govt looks the other way, and the topic kept out of social debates. Everyone knows it, but everyone denies it. So don't hold your breath for this to be addressed anytime soon!

[@secondchance6603]

@@Arun_Kumar_UK "You are correct to point out there is pockets of chained labour (which is slavery) which happens." Pockets huh? India has most number of slaves globally. India has the highest number of slaves in the world, with estimates ranging from 14 million to 18 million people. Those sure are some big pockets.

[@Arun_Kumar_UK]

@@secondchance6603 That's flat out incorrect information. I won't be surprised if those numbers were published by an "independent" body in the UK or US. This is essentially how the west runs it's campaign of "we are a better society, and we are not the villain who killed more ppl through colonisation than both world wars combined". They are running away from the fact that what they did is multiple orders of magnitude worse than Nazi Germany; but don't have the decency to take responsibility. Germany in contrast as a society has the humility to accept the wrong doings of the past. The west complaining about things is like a convicted serial killer complaining about the lawn not moved. The word hypocrisy doesn't do justice in this case.

[@mutalasuragemohammed6954]

I couldn't laugh at the reason they gave about "picking items lying around!" Whaat!?

[@vivavois8966]

They were on Gold, Glory & God mission. They took whatever they thought as valuable & destroyed the rest because they took themselves as privileged & entitled because of their God. As the God , so the Followers.

[@mutalasuragemohammed6954]

@@vivavois8966 very criminal and sad indeed.

[@redpill4431]

Not sure what the problem is . The real stuff is hidden away ,on display is copies

[@sameerkulkarni1696]

भारताची कधीही फाळणी झाली नाही. भारत आणि पाकिस्तान अजूनही एकच देश म्हणजे हिंदुस्थान...✊🌅

[@biswajitjana2557]

London :I am born pickpocket....

[@johnsadler9423]

The real loot is in the private collection of the royal family. The royals collection of artifacts makes the museum look small. They kept the best gold and gyms for themselves.

[@moniqueboyke5879]

Great video Palki Sharma

[@tikatank6772]

The only thing more appalling than the British theft is their reason for keeping it. Shamelessness has a permanent address. London.

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Tell me how many museums are built by India since 1947?? At least Indian artefacts are protected in the UK. Indians would have smuggled out to the black market anyway

[@tikatank6772]

@@kamandalamjalam1541 are you for real? The loot is protected in the custody of the thief ???? London is the biggest black market for money launderers, absconding financial fugitives and stolen goods. Right from the King, they live on stolen wealth. A whole new India has been built since 1947, one that has higher GDP than the Brit looters. Wake up and look around. Brits are pathetic bygones who are grovelling with the remainder of the global lootand slave money. Pathetic argument.

[@gotislay]

Madam, sunak want to strengthen the museum security and britain ability to retain it. An advice - Indians should definitely be proud of overseas Indians who are making a footprint in technology, commerce, economy etc. But Indians should definitely be neutral and stick to roots on Indian origin politicians in the west.

[@sashankasinha2352]

who said he is an Indian. He is not one of us. Born in Africa of Indian origin.

[@gotislay]

@@sashankasinha2352 Indeed he is Indian origin.

[@srir7249]

@gotislay, Indians are proud of their roots. The pride need not be because of the overseas Indians. The pride we have is, what every Indian has accomplished and that can be anywhere.. And, you know the history already, why Indians had to move out for work ..

[@sashankasinha2352]

@@srir7249 Besides, what Sunak has accomplished is no Indian's business. He has done that for the queen and for Britain. How is that a matter of pride for me or any of us in India?

[@manilalgohil]

Talk about Mecca the Black Stone that is Shiv Ling.

[@FelixForex]

But what's international criminal court doing if it can't force British government to return such things to the true owners?

[@shaktiashishus]

Trying to trap Putin on frivolous and outrightedly fake charges.. to please the SAME colonial thieves...

[@cougardee7321]

They stole other peoples’ herritage but now claim as being looted.

[@dollysingh727]

Once a thief, always a thief.

[@maxbgi70]

Its hard to believe a small nation can do so much damage. UK should py reparations from each UK taxpayer, including the Dutch, Portugese, Spanish, French, Germany and italy.

[@franklinegbuche7097]

The British museum would have been almost empty without stolen items.

[@garymcdermott8748]

Ms. Sharma your editorial's 'are without question the best.

[@Pawanyadav-hl9cn]

Biggest chor market -british museum

[@manilalgohil]

This talk is irrelevant when Our (India 🇮🇳 that is Bharat) proved that Taj Mahal Has always been Hindu Palace built by Raja Man Singh.

[@stefanoskamarados1786]

Dear madam congratulations for your offer to the public.

[@SiRasputin]

They allow the steaking from their museums because they know that holding onto these artefacts is untenable. How do they keep them? Buy allowing "theft" from their museums, only for the artefacts to turn up in private collections

[@tormundgaint1022]

Calling us savages but stealing our art 😂

[@fernandadavid828]

i visit often and last time i was there i noticed that many things are not in display, really ofd feeling if you’re a person who visits a lot

[@SagarPatil-py9qq]

Great job palki ji 🙏❤🇮🇳

[@bumblebee2956]

Few months back I was there and surprisingly disappointed 😢 it feels like they removed many stuff to avoid controversy 😅

[@affordablewebsiterescue]

Wow

[@williemyapfc8905]

The Curated Spoils Of Empires And The Lingering Colonial Nonchalance. British Museum's website tells us that only one per cent of its holdings are on display. Simple arithmetic tells us 99 per cent are not on display prompting inside jobs. Countries that were colonies suffered injustice while ruled and even with the aftermath of independence, the injustice extends into holding onto plundered artefats. On what basis do Coloniser hold on to artefacts seized as plunder and loots. Without sence of shame, their Parliamently decree refuse original owners rights to what is rightfully the heritage of future generations of respective countries. And who appointed them as Guardians of Antiquity not theirs? A voice from the wilderness gets silenced. Voices in unison highlighting and educating their nation's general public of the shameless atrocities of past, that trophies from their collections resemble thieving nature of their predecessors. Countries must unite and speak at the highest level even UN, to claim your belongings from the plunderers.

[@ihsansalh3622]

The nature of the current faith of the peoples and the owners of these movable artifacts and antiquities is not sufficient to protect them. We know very well what happened in Afghanistan of monuments and statues in Buddhist temples, and it is not excluded that such acts will be repeated, so it is better to preserve human heritage in safe museums.

[@antonmoric1469]

You use an extreme example, a one-off, which invalidates your point to begin with. Besides which, theft is theft. The stolen artifacts need to be returned to their original owners, regardless of trite rationalizations.

[@superNova10020]

Talibans are still toddler in front of western empires. If you wanna learn what is called real destruction visit Asia and Africa .

[@Reciclajeoil]

@@antonmoric1469 So you would feel better if Britain smashed them to pieces instead of keeping them? The fact that they are where they are is also a part of history, if the Rosetta Stone was never taken to Britain the egyptian scriptures would have remained a mystery.

[@Reciclajeoil]

@@antonmoric1469 and also you think these cases of destroying historical artifacts is an extreme example? It is actually a common ocurrence through history, like the burning of the Library of Alexandria by the arabs.

[@conniekabasharira7084]

Speaking of Afghanistan, aren't you the same people that made it this lawless and unstable? Stop justifying theft. I see my neighbor being careless with their items, does that justify me stealing them, to protect them from thieves? Don't take what doesn't belong to you, theft is theft. If it were for keeping them safe, some of these countries are now stable like India, why don't you return what belongs to them?

[@stephenmckee3235]

Will these returned artifacts be guarded well enough in their designated countries of origin?

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Tell me how many museums are built by India since 1947?? At least Indian artefacts are protected in the UK. Indians would have smuggled out to the black market anyway

[@chansuable]

Thanks to the concerted efforts and sacrifices of our Hindu kings in Deccan and South India, the British East india company or Mughals despite their best efforts could not take away anything from Hindu temples in these regions. Imagine if we had lost our Sri Rameswaram temple, Tirupathi Balaji, Ujjain’s Mahakaal temple, Shri Jagannath temple, or the Padmanabaswany temple. We should be forevr be grateful to these unsung heroes who faught to preserve sanatan dharma which media or bollywood never glorifies. Otherwise India would have lost its identity just like many African colonized countries today!

[@abilashrajan4851]

They can't detain it too long...

[@npats550]

So, the items in the British Museum were stolen a few hundred years ago...and now some artifacts have been stolen. I am conflicted, as I love museums. But I can also understand why the original countries think it should be given back. The more horrible part, is the pieces that have been melted down. Is there any hope in this world?

[@secondchance6603]

It's very telling that the only country to have ever stolen from another country is the UK. Apparently this has never ever happened anywhere else in the entire history of the human race. Fascinating stuff!

[@yuvarajvelmuruganmudaliyar]

Being a christian nation why do they still keeping it in their museum? Why Indian government couldn't get it back just like that? Does the british empire still ruling india?

[@ismailsabaz8182]

Boomerang; your sons, gradsons will pay or will be rewarded! Beware of what you are doing now! Bliss to whom deserves!

[@drashokn]

Kohinoor was gifted by indian ruler to the British kingdom.

[@kumkan3588]

In South Africa we want our gold and Diamonds back

[@liya7568]

Why are they keeping and making money out of stolen artifacts 😅😅

[@aashikbobade7441]

👏

[@devannayar6456]

no wonder, the ancestors of Englismen were the Germans. And their royal family are Germans . And the Nazis were the champion looters of cultural treasures after killing the owners, of course !

[@Mapogo792]

Good slap in the face of the Colonial Criminals. 😂

[@kdas2000in]

Even indians looted from sri lanka, malaysia & indinesia. What abt that?

[@mahbubdawood2909]

And what about the golds of South Africa in the bank of British?

[@Wolfways]

I agree with everyone here. Britain should return all the stuff to other countries, and then charge every country for the things they've gained from the industrial revolution. Or you could just accept that you were conquered and get over it like the British have. You can't steal from land you own anyway.

[@mc8631]

Palki ❤