Henna Dattani - Britain Does Owe Reparations

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The motion: This house believes Britain owes reparations to her former colonies.
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[@thankmelater9774]

Oh! She is the same girl who was there is Shashi Tharoor's frame. She was really impressed by him.

[@edwardnaga3597]

Even me I was thinking this Anwys ...can someone give me here Instagram ..user name 🤗🤗👍

[@VinayaROCKS]

@@edwardnaga3597 Bruh!!! she is taken.

[@jacobfield4848]

She liked the mass poverty he and his friends have caused in india.

[@NikhchansGaming]

Would be better if you could number these videos. It very hard to figure out the chronology of speakers.

[@Sooyush]

It's ez, you can just tell who is who, lvl1 thug or lvl 100 Boss

[@asmita2292]

Ok this comment was made 5 yrs back but I'll answer anyways. The channel usually makes playlists of debates where the videos are arranged in a chronological order. So searching up the playlist should be of help. Edit:it could be that 5 yrs ago there was no playlist, hence OP's comment.

[@NikhchansGaming]

@@asmita2292 thank you

[@anupamloiwal5781]

@@NikhchansGaming @asmita : Still can't find the channel's official playlist for this debate. could you share a link here?

[@aaradhyakhurana1078]

fr man😭

[@dr.strange108]

Thought of any other name for British Museums? "CHOR BAZAAR"

[@englishalan222]

Should not have let yourself get conquered by a tiny island on the other side of the world should you?

[@skcmcmsk5032]

@@englishalan222 Your logic is making my ears bleed.

[@skcmcmsk5032]

@@englishalan222 A lot of soldiers who fought in wars were from the colonies.

[@roryrory8710]

@@englishalan222 should not have done the cruelest and the most inhumane act in the history of human civilization and taken pride in it being the most racist a$$hole bunch of humans ever existed should you?

[@englishalan222]

@@roryrory8710 Actually research on the web will tell you the most racist country in the world is INDIA and your own Maratha Bargi massacred 400,000 people when they Invaded Bengal proving that Indian empires were every bit as bad as any from Europe.

[@unclefurball3859]

How can it owe Reparations when it hasn't even finished yet?

[@RowdyChocolateOfficial]

Solid Roast!

[@ami2000vi]

😂

[@muemue888]

is there a reason why i can't find the whole debate in one single video. debate is pointless if you have no access to the other side point of view. iv only found william rogers louises and shashi tharoor videos. only 3 speakers???? There aren't even links to the other speakers or a link to the whole debate.

[@rajattalnikar6167]

Arthur Leung All others were Fucked up. No point in watching their Dick Heads.

[@theOnyFUFU]

Arthur Leung just go to the Oxford union KZbin page. The links to each individual argument are there! lol

[@AKPrashant]

Arthur Leung kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ-8aZKPq66KZ68

[@Carpathianrelinquished]

Where were they? Simple answer they were somewhere else attending to other "important" issues, ones that matter, this self indulgent debate didn't and won't as no reparations will be paid because just as with aid from the UK it goes into the pockets of your corrupt politicians.

[@Sgman1991]

Arthur Leung Sadly the Oxford Union isn't smart enough to upload all the debate videos in order or put them into a playlist.

[@TheRiturajgupta]

So many English people commenting "indian this indian that" because of who is delivering the message, while choosing to be willfully ignorant of all the crimes their forefathers committed that benefit them to this day. I don't think she is Indian in the true sense of the word, she is one of you and she is telling you as a society to stick to the morals you preach to the world but you cant look past the colour of her skin to actually pay heed to what she is actually saying!

[@mitzavor8468]

TheRiturajgupta the British East India company are not "the forefathers" of the British. Most British people have nothing to do with the British Raj (aside from the benefits it gave Britain during the 19th and early 20th centuries)

[@darkpanda239]

mitz avor lol, I like how u belittle the "benifits" so casually. Shame on u m8

[@71espn]

mitz avor India was under the direct rule of the British crown after 1857

[@balbirchauhan1152]

@suburben yobbo 😂😂😂british playing the victim card? It's the weirdest shit i've heard in all morning.

[@balbirchauhan1152]

@suburben yobbo 😂😂😂 You don't have any Idea what british did in india? do you? British were not colonised they were ruled. India was colonised. India's riches and resources were brought to britain. Britains resources were kept in britain not brought to india. You clearly have no idea what is colonisation.

[@manisham.b5483]

I understand the value of a good intro... but this intro.... reparation needs to be given to me for listening to it.

[@dhaivatshukla6749]

If you are so much wanting to give money, please send this money to my bank account..... My account ID : 784585479525, Bank of India, New Delhi Branch... ;))))

[@rachitacharya5665]

Nevermore RavenTryst listen Dr Shashi Tharoor's speech in this debate

[@likithcr8492]

@@dhaivatshukla6749 hats off

[@RapidBlindfolds]

it can't have been that bad since it gripped you stay to watch the whole thing

[@tromboner6061]

😂

[@Fahad2k1]

Don't get me wrong but all will agree that Dr tharoor's speech was more engaging and entertaining.

[@englishalan222]

Good for a laugh, that's about all.

[@isaacb5968]

He’s not hot though🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jamalkhan_]

@@isaacb5968 😆

[@DeepakSingh-dc9kz]

Alan Moore yeah I’m still laughing at you for laughing on him.

[@DeepakSingh-dc9kz]

Alan Moore nobody likes to be trampled down with streaks of pain with indelible facts. Hope you guys are taught history of your own country or should I think that you aren’t taught because your history is the ‘history’ of others.

[@marienbad2]

The problem with this is that the burden will fall on the poor in our country. In work poverty is at record levels, people are working for almost nothing other than buy food and pay bills, and even then, some have to chose whether to "heat or eat." So you are asking people who are already at breaking point to pay more tax for this, as that is the only way to raise the money - the corporations and the rich won't be paying it, that's for sure. If you could ensure that the descendants of the rich who caused all these problems bore the brunt of the burden, then it would be okay, but otherwise you are asking the poor to pay for something they didn't really do - it was organised and ran by the rich and powerful. Also Ironic that this is at the Oxford Union, seeing as a lot of the ruling class went there and still do.

[@altamashsarwar2608]

I totally agree with you as a Indian citizen. The working class shouldn't be charged for this.

[@juhRave]

I’m Irish and I don’t believe the Irish, or anyone, deserve reparations. It’s such a foolish argument that only those who believe in Marxist-like economics being effective, would desire. Oh btw, Marxist economics are not effective. I say screw any Irish, Indian, or African etc that would have the British people of today pay for the mistakes of their ancestors

[@altamashsarwar2608]

@@juhRave I totally agree with you. What's your opinion on British Royal family. I am just curious to know.

[@juhRave]

Altamash Honestly I’m not too concerned with it. If I were a UK citizen I might say different. It’s an interesting relic of the empire, at the very least. There could be great evil involved like I believe there is with Prince Andrew and other possible cover up scandals, but I only care when these things affect human rights and international justice. What about you my friend? I just find it very sad that the idea of reparations for the British Empire has so much support. India is doing well standing on its own two feet and it’s surely getting better and better. Are you Indian yourself?

[@altamashsarwar2608]

@@juhRave Yes I am Indian and a working class citizen. And I also don't believe in reparations it's the ancestors who made mistake why you should pay for that I don't agree with this. I thought people from UK and Ireland are taxed for the beneficiary of Royal in Birmingham that's why I was curious now I know. Thanks it was pleasure to speaking to you.

[@niory]

so the young generation thinks the owe reparation while the old generation think they dont ! hmmmm .... interesting

[@sanjayvaidya4925]

sara meachel Cause the old are yet controlled by their colonial mindset.Ours are not.

[@tcpgblizzard]

Sanjay Vaidya Because the old are wise and the young are naive.

[@scrambie]

Sanjay Vaidya Or because the old generation doesn't believe in handouts and an unjustified redistribution of wealth like many young people today do.

[@scrambie]

Sanjay Vaidya Or because the old generation doesn't believe in handouts and an unjustified redistribution of wealth like many young people today do.

[@sanjayvaidya4925]

Scramblieggs Focus on the topic.Read up educate yourself.Heres a lead watch the whole debate.

[@Boltonpictures]

A brilliant argument indeed by Henna. Its OK if Britain cannot apologize for the crimes of ancestors, atleast the information is clear that there is no reason to self-proclaim superiority.

[@BurgerBoysTV]

The thing is with this ideology.... how far back do you go? Can the British seek reparations from the Romans? Scandinavians? Norman's?.... you can't pick and choose which arguments you'll accept based on your own biased or political agenda. Many countries have a history of similar.... and will own their guilt.... but to impose ideas that their modern day people should hate their identity and punish themselves is just absurd....

[@anshuraj4277]

@@BurgerBoysTV Just accept what u did

[@BurgerBoysTV]

@@anshuraj4277 and what did I do?

[@anshuraj4277]

@@BurgerBoysTV Talking about Britain as a whole

[@bhargavbhat16]

@@BurgerBoysTV I mean you should be proud, quite a feat to manage to bankrupt yourself and fall behind someone after looting them blind and setting them up to fail. Eventually for it's citizens to own more land than the natives from your land. Best of luck for the winter, I hear it's going to be a cold one and sadly there's no colony to bear the brunt of British bills and entitlement :)

[@mengelmoesNL]

The young who don't have to work to support a family are of course all for reparations. Because teh feelz

[@avotok3402]

Haha

[@shobhanivas9661]

Awww !!! what a speech Miss Henna Dattani.... Incredible..

[@shobhanivas9661]

haaaaa... I too did the same thing... Yes, she is Beautifully Brilliant;;..

[@skarthikvasishta]

Arun Nair Same here she is very lovely and pretty

[@mioaeljax8220]

this is reality and its so harsh. the end is near......

[@UmarAlFarooq]

Fantastic speech on a rousing topic. Never seen one like it in an open forum.

[@billprendgergast8976]

Complete Charlatan...not since Hitler's speech in Munich 1936 have I heard such rabble rousing jingoism....appealing to a mob of emotionally imbalanced countrymen....The Raj period is the best period India ever encountered...

[@UmarAlFarooq]

@@billprendgergast8976 😂😂

[@subchord3094]

even loot word was looted by them ....😂😂

[@corpshe3701]

Lmao

[@billprendgergast8976]

Because India is a superpower at "looting"......12 billion USD from US elderly in 2023 alone...cowardly, deceitful, scammers and fraudsters.....That is why nobody respect Indians....Now Japanese Bushido culture, that is another story..oceans of differ nice between Japan and India...

[@BhavinTolia]

Great speech! Relieved. :) Almost 70 years into our country's sovereign existence, people still struggle to firmly hold onto a narrative about the truth of the atrocious experience of having been a British Colony. Hope this topic catches on right from school elocution in India. As Indians, we aren't programmed in our DNA to carry the baggage of hard feelings for whats happened, but an acknowledgement would make things easier & an apology could take things far...

[@amansinghrollno-7167]

@suburben yobbo yeah east for you to say but i dont remember any incident in Britain where people were forced to rub their noses on the ground

[@amansinghrollno-7167]

@suburben yobbo No I don't want to malign anyone's suffering anywhere in the world But it is very arrogant of you if you even dare compare the sufferings of common Britishers with that of indians

[@cpj93070]

And who do you expect that apology to come from?

[@sakuraji123]

Can't even imagine Britain paying reparations as their system itself is broken, which country they will invade now to get the money

[@rohitshinde865]

Great speech by henna dattani. At this age level of maturation to address such sensitive topic will lead u to become great leader. Keep it up.

[@juhRave]

I’m Irish and I don’t believe the Irish, or anyone, deserve reparations. It’s such a foolish argument that only those who believe in Marxist-like economics being effective, would desire. Oh btw, Marxist economics are not effective. I say screw any Irish, Indian, or African etc that would have the British people of today pay for the mistakes of their ancestors

[@amansinghrollno-7167]

@@juhRave listen to dr tharoors speech We don't want any of your money We just want you to acknowledge the fact that reparations are owed

[@anirudhsilverking5761]

@@amansinghrollno-7167 dont mind him, this bitch has been spamming every comment. Most possibly, he isn't even Irish. Fuckin elites on their high horse tellin how others should feel. Fuck right off

[@skonark18]

@@juhRave we don't want any of your fake British looted currency collected by exploiting poors and ruining the destiny of others.We are self reliant and one day be capable of buying the whole UK.

[@juhRave]

@@skonark18 I'm not British. You won't be buying up anything as you are too stupid to even read.

[@colinpeck8257]

5 million East Indians in the UK.. educated, benefits, housed, given a good, stable, environment to flourish sorry you've had your reparations and more..

[@shart7660]

Last line was a good roast lmao

[@theworldnews682]

Welcome to the lesson of British real history. If someone still doubt, research to know more. That's the reality not what we been told in our schools.

[@andrewwilliams3137]

lol

[@Floral_Green]

1. History doesn’t suddenly begin when the European powers engage in imperialism - you know, that thing that countless prior civilisations got up to. 2. The West already insources large populations from both former colonies and then some. 3. More often than not, this sanctimonious rhetoric comes from the mouths of bourgeois to upper-class diaspora, whose ancestors lived (and continue to live) far better than the native lower classes of Britain and other formerly imperial nations. More poignantly still, India - along with various other developing countries - is on track to becoming a key part of the burgeoning multipolar paradigm. They don’t need charity from the United Kingdom.

[@jacobfield4848]

1. Africa and the rest of world would still have slavery and be poorer than they are today without Britain banning slavery. Britain's brief role in Africa's 4000 year long slave trade lasted just 181 years and involved 3.8 million people and was just 3% of Britain's economy. The Transatlantic slave trade was ended by the UK and African empire's opposed it at every chance they had as they were making so much money from it and it was a tradition amongst African leaders.. 2. The Islamic slave trade lasted 1300 years and involved both chattel slave trade and sex slave trade and over 17 million people were taken from Africa and Europe . It was ended by the British. 3. British tax payers bought the freedom of black slaves across the world and prevented millions more being dragged into slavery. ......Africans and the rest of the world owe Britain a huge thank you.

[@abhijeetchavhan37]

The Brits wrote Dogs and Indians are not allowed in front of their office buildings . You weren't different.

[@Theshining1]

She's spreading awareness of British and International history. It may not be the history that today's Britain want to admit to but violent colonialism happened. It's appalling that of all the knowledge she is sharing, the comments are about her looking "hot" and Anglophobic.

[@manuelodabashian]

Try also Turkey giving reparations to Armenia

[@armstrong2450]

Turkey is on the next level. They don't even recognize the genocide

[@batmanwayne9058]

Kiara Advani in a parallel universe

[@jupiterinaries6150]

But still, why make those who were not even alive when there were pockets of injustice pay for these instances? And why should descendants of those who were harmed be given special treatment and preferential treatment?

[@prahasrudraraju2436]

This is beautiful. Thank you so much to whoever organized this impressive event. All the arguments I've heard so far are fantastic!

[@snebis]

Pallavi Rudraraju Yes...it is so beautiful..

[@WiFiTubeTV]

So are you Pallavi...you're 11 out of 10 ;p

[@clomyst]

The reason we have incompetent leaders is because we judge people based on charm and not actual work. Yes, tharoor may be witty, but people need to learn to litsen to the context, then they'll realize to observe the details mentioned here too. Don't compare them. Also, people focusing on her looks tells that we have a long way to go as a society.

[@MrZenman2009]

Yes we should pay reparations. Lets tax middle class women to fund the costs.

[@missysummertime]

Kris Lerwill we already pay foreign aid to most of these countries, lets just call the money reparations, done.

[@ANGLORUSSIANCZ]

missysummertime I like it. And any Food Aid can be stamped with 'UK Reparations: Because we're sorry' :)

[@sanjayvaidya4925]

NEIL DEGVILLE Get educated before inserting your foot in your mouth. LATE VICTORIAN HOLOCAUST, Mike Davis points out that here were 31 serious famines in 120 years of British rule compared with 17 in the 2,000 years before British rule. In his book, Davis tells the story of the famines that killed up to 29 million Indians. These people were, he says, murdered by British State policy. In 1876, when drought destituted the farmers of the Deccan plateau, there was a net surplus of rice and wheat in India. But the Viceroy, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, insisted that nothing should prevent their export to England. In 1877 and 1878, at the height of the famine, grain merchants exported record quantities of grain. As the peasants began to starve, government officials were ordered “to discourage relief works in every possible way”. The only relief permitted in most districts was hard labour, from which anyone in an advanced state of starvation was turned away. Within these labour camps, the workers were given less food than the Jewish inmates of Buchenwald, the Nazi concentration camp of World War II. Even as millions died, Lytton ignored all efforts to alleviate the suffering of millions of peasants in the Madras region and concentrated on preparing for Queen Victoria’s investiture as Empress of India. The highlight of the celebrations was a week-long feast at which 68,000 dignitaries heard her promise the nation “happiness, prosperity and welfare”. In 1901, The Lancet estimated that at least 19 million Indians had died in western India during the famine of the 1890s. The death toll was so high because the British refused to implement famine relief. Davis says life expectancy in India fell by 20 percent between 1872 and 1921. So it’s hardly surprising that Hitler’s favourite film was The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, which showed a handful of Britons holding a continent in thrall. The Nazi leader told the then British Foreign Secretary Edward Wood (Earl of Halifax) that it was one of his favorite films because “that was how a superior race must behave and the film was compulsory viewing for the SS (Schutz-Staffel, the Nazi ‘protection squadron’)” You couldnt pay your self out of this one.

[@sanjayvaidya4925]

NEIL DEGVILLE You figure out the numbers owed. Well known are incursions by British pirates, privateers or armed explorers,provided they were operating with the approval of their government.The need for a unilateral transfer of funds to britain was a constant factor and in fact increased progressively over time.The burden of the east India co. london establishment and of dividends to its shareholders was replaced after 1858 by "The cost of the Secretary of States India Office",while the India debt in england,already considerable thanks to the co. military adventures.All such adventures meant heavier outlay on the army mainly at a cost to the Indian exchequer.eg: In Egypt 1882 by gladstone,Sudan 1885-86/96 againts the Mahdi movement,China againts the Boxers in 1900.Military cost under curzon to the Indian govt by 1904-05 was 51.9% of indias budget(HOME charges).In a nut shell India was paying for englands invasions of other countries.An Indian army pvt received 9Rupees amonth while his british counterpart received 24Rupees plus a number of allowances.These "HOME CHARGES" also included pensions for british India officers,military and other stores purchased in england,cost of army training,cost of transport and campaigns outside India but charged on Indian finances.Breakup of Home charges 1901-02 3 million BP army expenses,4.3 million BP stores purchase,1.3 million BP pensions,6.4 million BP Railway guranteed interest others for a total of 17.3 million BP. Modern India 1885-1947 by Sumit Sarkar

[@ANGLORUSSIANCZ]

Sanjay Vaidya You have listed a lot of numbers. But to be any kind of accountant you need the numbers in the other column too to show the balance. And overall the Empire did more good than bad. State planned genocide? Really? Try that with the Belgian Congo

[@redlfc17]

Does this girl think Ireland gets reparations too? We were arguably Britain's first colony. Between the plantations (out go the Irish Catholics, in come the Protestant Scots); Irish slave trade in the 17th century; Oliver Cromwell's genocide at Drogheda; and the exporting of food during the Irish potato famine which killed 1 million people, Ireland suffered a lot. Honestly Britain doesn't owe anybody anything though. Imagine forcing British taxpayers to pay for this. This girl is talking about spending other people's money on something that would make her feel personally better. Should Turkey pay for the Ottoman Empire? Spain and Portugal for Latin America? Iran for the Persian Empire? Italy for the Roman Empire? Mongolia for Genghis Khan? How far back do you go and who decides that?

[@therash09]

An Indian living in the U.K., is she?

[@J2897Tutorials]

+therash09 She's a left-wing extremist; the universities are full of them. She's programmed to believe that her own country's government is the root of all evil.

[@MrMacmiller99]

+Johnny English Truth resist simplicity: the evil in middle east-south Asia, lack of world peace & the famine in Africa are all the direct legacies of the British/European colonisation and the unbalanced power the brits managed to create (USA, Israel) all whom still get there asinine delusion drilled by invading oil reach countries if acted against there wallets' interest by Everlasting disingenuous political discourse & Spineless tyranny. British politicians think with their wallet rather than their hearts, Shouldn’t your country be the last to invade & occupy other people lands…?! Fact: You’er no spacial

[@J2897Tutorials]

F- tech So how much money did those British politicians make exactly? They must have had a really great holiday.

[@Abshenonas]

+F- tech just because someone believes that violating other people's sovereignty is nothing to be proud of and that when Britain refuses to recognise it's crimes does not make her a lefty. She is just anti the neo imperialist ultra nationalist Brits that you seem to be. And before you call her a lefty, she could be a Thatcherite libertarian.

[@J2897Tutorials]

Trent Report Have you any idea how long the Islamists had hijacked India for before the British finally intervened? Or is it only "imperialism" when the British decide to take action?

[@surjeetdahiya4296]

I saw this girl in tharoor famous speech

[@savage_rishabh2255]

Madam nailed it

[@2sridhark]

Karma is a bitch. Britain will pay back its "karmic debt" in a different manner. It cannot escape that debt.

[@JayeshPau]

Great Video.. Henna.. Thanks for sharing..

[@errveda8142]

current form of colonialism is done mainly by USA in the name of bringing democracy around the world namely Iraq, Afghanistan.

[@iloveatish]

The biggest reparation would be to have a museum of colonial horrors in London as impressive as the Louvre, where every visitor to London can appreciate the gross immorality of Britain. Britain cannot atone for their sins until everything is well documented and brought to light. So far Britain has had Nobel Prize winning littérateurs to document history the other way; Kipling and Churchill to name a few.

[@macezunner8559]

Ey bro wat did churchill do💀

[@jeremy2875]

The reparation argument is based on the idea that Britain's actions existed in a vacuum. That the regions Britain occupied gained little from the UK presence and would have otherwise been peaceful and developed to a point at least where they are at. Did the British increase or decrease the levels of violence? Did they increase or decrease freedom and equality for the population? Did they increase or decrease the quality of living for the population?

[@Mdriver1981]

People often forget that before the British came, the Indians had been invaded and conquered by the Persians, the Afghans, Alexander the Great, the Mongols, the Arabs, and the Turks. - Matthew Lewis

[@abhishekkhetan]

Can somebody please transcribe the ending. I am unable to understand what she said after "alternatively.."

[@ramjiYahoo]

Abhishek Khetan Alternatively, don’t poison the fishing waters…Brigit_McWade Jun 9@AcademicsSay "abduct his great-grandparents into slavery, then turn up 400 years later talking a lot of shite about fish" (@frankieboyle) 0 retweets0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite More

[@abhishekkhetan]

ramji yahoo Thank you.

[@jenna9372]

How do you explain with reason that Britain doesn't owe reparations 😂? Only reason they don't is because they have the power not to be held accountable.

[@englishalan222]

Because Indian empires were just as bad. Why should we pay for something we did when you yourself committed the same crimes and still are committing them to this day like in the Kashmir.

[@englishalan222]

This is India kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH-6iZiEpc11rck and yet they moralise to others.

[@jenna9372]

@@englishalan222 tu quoque

[@englishalan222]

@@jenna9372 ???

[@bhuvan_357_5]

@@englishalan222 Nah. They theft shit. India wasn't that poor before the British came. I'm assuming you're British too

[@deepromitra1498]

she resembles bollywood actress kiara advani

[@shininglamb]

Indians don't need any reparations. We need to work hard make our economy better. We don't need any free money. Sorry for these Indians who are asking free money. These kinds of debates showing the victim hood mentality.

[@IndianPrince04]

+shininglamb By 1950, India was a crumbling shithole with an illiterate peasant population (it was under "Western policy" for 4 centuries prior). Is this the "developed" economy you brag about?

[@shininglamb]

IndianPrince04 If you compare 2015 to 1950s, then even Europe were sh't holes too with millions of migrants and homeless people. Countries like Japan, South Korea implemented western policy and look at where they achieved. That's what I said blind hatred. Modi is intelligent enough to go to these countries and offer them free land to start their business. Just like East India company did 200 years ago. But I agree we need west so that we can put blame of our mistakes..

[@IndianPrince04]

+shininglamb Wrong again. By 1950, European countries were among the richest in the entire world, with the highest standards of living (largely due to 4 centuries of colonialism). For you to compare that with 1950 India, where 90% were in abject poverty and illiteracy, that's a joke. Nobody disagrees that Nehru's socialist policies kept India in a state of poverty.. but the discussion here is about the ROOT CAUSE of that poverty. That Japan and Korea implemented Western Policy is irrelevant. Besides, capitalism isn't "western policy", its an economic theory (just like socialism). Using your logic, socialism is also a "Western policy" too. Also, Mr Tharoor isn't asking for monetary reparations, so I don't know why you're barking about "free money". So you post a bizarre comment, then you support it with even more misinformation. Can't believe I'm wasting time on you.

[@nuckingfuts3204]

+shininglamb I wish more Indians were like you.

[@nuckingfuts3204]

+IndianPrince04 So what about Arabic and Asiatic colonialism? It's only wrong when Europeans do it right? Ah, so you're not a humanitarian, you are in fact a racist.

[@c4call]

"Moral balance" is a term the weak hope can replace strength.

[@kabirsardana1282]

im pretty sure you try shit like this today, india would bomb you back to the Stone Age. ohh and America won't come to save you this time like it did back in the 1940s.

[@Samuel-wd4od]

Isn't "continuous reading" supposed to be penalised? Its an Oxford Union Debate, for heavens sake! 😒

[@pixrun5388]

She is beautiful 😍😍

[@ritupandey2324]

Simp

[@pixrun5388]

@@ritupandey2324 No ?! She is really pretty 😍

[@ritupandey2324]

​@@pixrun5388 ok ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@AS-mi1me]

@@pixrun5388 all simp use that phrase as a defensive weapons

[@joedias7946]

Who cares if she is pretty listen to what is saying jerks

[@gr-s5775]

Eloquent!

[@gr-s5775]

And racist, openly racist!

[@amansinghrollno-7167]

@@gr-s5775 you had us in the first half

[@pankajchha]

Vert well said............Such type of debait should also happen regarding the harm Islam has caused to the world

[@literarytalha735]

World has suffered none by anything that Islam has done. If something happened, it was the fault of the muslims. If a religion becomes pacifistic, then they can't defend their own people, can they?

[@bhupendradattani4403]

Wonderful speech. Hope you can join dattani parivar group

[@sitaraking]

She is damn Cute!!! Beauty with brains

[@ColtraneTaylor]

With thigh high skirt and hooker shoes ....

[@SireBandi]

The Arab world should pay Spain and Portugal reparations for what they did on the Iberian peninsula between the 8th and 15th century!

[@argentum3919]

SireBandi The money would go the other way. The Moors were the only muslims that actually net contributed to the science and culture of an occupied land. Spain is better for it. Everywhere else the muslims went was a disaster.

[@SireBandi]

chinacane By this logic Hong Kong owes Britain monetary compensation.

[@argentum3919]

SireBandi It depends how much the British took out of Hong Kong. It may have paid for itself before they left.

[@StopTheElite]

Well what moors did is more good than harm and what happened after moors under the then Christian rule of plenty of massacres of Muslims and Christians

[@argentum3919]

***** Yes but the moors didn't just walk in, they killed christians to take spain.

[@richardkuda321]

Very nice speech. Very beautiful speaker.

[@krishnanegikriss]

Britishers can you say sorry..

[@GRIMRAJ]

girl I m Indian but plz ur presentation is wrong take bullets points to refer not to read entire paragraph ..

[@GRIMRAJ]

I m not gonna watch half baked presentation

[@grahamhighmore7702]

Recognition of India’s subjugated since the British arrived would be good but it would be impossible for a Brit to say that India did better under them than under the Mughal Empire (train, telegraph) because of the massive loss of wealth and resources that was taken and the lives that were ruined.

[@englishalan222]

Woe to the conquered.

[@andrewwilliams3137]

Under the British an increase in Indian population also occurred with an increase of GDP per capita. And "between 1860 and 1940 employment in factories increased from less than 100,000 to two million. The share of factories in industrial employment of British India increased from almost zero in 1850 to 11% in 1938, and in industrial income from 15% in 1900 to 45% in 1947...The growth is impressive by any standard". Source: Tirthankar Roy. You talk about "massive loss of wealth", but this didn't happen and India's GDP grew while the British were there.

[@grahamhighmore7702]

@@andrewwilliams3137 look up the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, it’ll give you some idea of how much was appropriated from the subcontinent just in the 18th century.

[@jacobfield4848]

0.22% growth per year under Mughal Empire. 0.55% growth per growth under the British, train network built and a banning on widow burning.

[@J2897Tutorials]

Where's the two soldiers? Why aren't they allowed to defend themselves against her slanderous bold claim?

[@roastbeef1010]

The country that received the most foreign aid is India, which got more than $4.2 billion in 2017, why don’t they invest some of that money into solving Indian poverty, instead of lining the pockets of the Indian elite, whom committed mass blood shed to retain their power!

[@skcmcmsk5032]

Britain stole 45 trillion$ kiddo When britain left India it's gdp was low and poverty was above 90%If you have no idea about what you are talking about it ain't my problem.

[@jmlaw8888]

​​@@skcmcmsk5032 Indianers have scammed approximately 6 quintillion in global wealth in the modern era. See, I can lie and make up utterly bogus and garbage figures too. Just stick to internet and phone scams with your awful thick accents. 😂

[@nuckingfuts3204]

Does India owe Kashmir reparations?

[@amalgovind3080]

+theodore tait Knowing nothing about a specific topic is fine. But dude half-knowledge is very dangerous. So please have a good analysis of the topic before you speak. P.S. No Offence.

[@nuckingfuts3204]

So educate me as to where I was incorrect? Was it in regards to the Vedas or in regards to us being the same race? Provide evidence or your claims will be considered invalid.

[@amalgovind3080]

No about Kashmir Because India never invaded Kashmir but Pakistan did and China managed to get into it somehow. Kashmir ruled by a Hindu King chose to be an independent state after partition. But after Pakistan waged a war the King chose to join the Indian Union.

[@sadanandpoojari5811]

india has never looted kashmir

[@likithcr8492]

Kashmir is in INDIA.

[@100correct9]

what you can expect....if they are neither telling this to their younger generation nor acknowledging pasts..... BRITISH NATURE HAS NOT CHANGED AND WILL NEVER.....

[@AndalusianIrish]

Not to mention the people who were killed when they colonised Ireland.

[@BigBoomOfDoom2]

Are we not going to mention all of those many times when the Irish tried to invade England and Wales?

[@cyrilsneer5957]

She's nice

[@mohamedalyahudi3865]

Can I have a white girl as reparation?

[@Abhisheism]

Mohamet Ahmed we are not like them.we shouldn't behave this way brother we will one day revenge but inba dignified way

[@mohamedalyahudi3865]

Revenge? For what? Conquering our land just like our forefathers who conquered it from somebody else? If we look far enough in history we will be appalled at what our forefathers did to other people.

[@mohamedalyahudi3865]

Abhishek Sharma And do you really think that our rulers before the British were any better for the common man? Think again. They were even more ruthless than any european ruler ever was.

[@revol148]

is that all you sexually repressed people ever think about?

[@mohamedalyahudi3865]

Hmmmm. Let me think.... Pretty much!

[@bigelowtech]

About Kenya. Interesting then that Kikuyu in Kenya did the same towards the other tribes in the area before the colonization, and are today leading a totalitarian state, controlling the 41 other tribes in Kenya. Most people I talked to when living there said they wish the British would come back and help them.

[@johnnicol64]

The are very British in Kenya , never hear them moan like academics . Very warm welcome being British in Kenya.plus UK has helped Kenya in many ways , ignored by academics . Including millions in aid , military aid , charities etc. Unrecognised by academics maybe , the rest of us moved on decade's ago , as did most Africans .

[@bigelowtech]

@@johnnicol64 and the money goes right into the pocket of Kenyatta and a selected few MP's. The UK and other states abuse African corruption for their own gain. Kenya is still an economic colony. Why is one of recourse richest countries in the world so poor? China saw this, and are attempting to take control of the corruption in Africa. Africa needs civil war and independent factioning. Or else it will always be squalor

[@rokysingh8922]

Beautiful ❤️

[@agupta9097]

The British rule in India started as company rule. So, it is obvious that their only aim was profit. For them India was like a factory.

[@agupta9097]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_rule_in_India

[@andrewwilliams3137]

There were no factories in India before the British came. How about thanking them for the industrialisation of India.

[@andrewwilliams3137]

What is wrong with trade and profit? It was cheaper for India to import iron and steel than to make it itself. One of the biggest British exports to India alongside railway engines was Iron and steel.

[@macezunner8559]

​@@andrewwilliams3137*inhales* famine💀

[@andrewwilliams3137]

@@macezunner8559 Here is evidence of Indian famines prior to British rule. Habib cited famines or severe scarcities in the Mughal Empire in 1554-1556, the mid 1560s, 1572-1573, 1574-1575, 1578-1579, 1587, 1588, 1589-1590, 1596, 1613-1615, 1630-1632, 1636-1637, 1640, 1642, 1644, 1646, 1647, 1648, 1650, 1651, 1658-1660, 1662-1663, 1670, 1682, 1685, 1691, 1694-1695, 1696-1697, and 1702-1704. See Habib, Agrarian System, pp. 101-109. That's 47 years affected out of 150. Almost 1 in 3.

[@c0p13dn4m3]

I want the Turkish government to right me a nice, fat check because my ancestors were mistreated by the Ottoman Empire.

[@G96Saber]

+George Costanza Poor Italians.

[@TheColossalBlanket]

+George Costanza Why do you need the Turkish government to give you a fat check? Just take a look in the mirror or, for a more thorough fat check, visit your local GP.

[@dotcom6042]

+George Costanza If it wasn't for conquerors, rapists and plunderers, many of us wouldn't be speaking today. Just so I'm not singling any race out, we're all human so somewhere down the line we share some common ancestry. Those common ancestors probably did some messed up shit and if it wasn't for them we probably wouldn't be alive. So we're all descendants of evil people, should we feel guilty? No. Should we pay reparations? No

[@c0p13dn4m3]

Dot Com You do realize I was being sarcastic, right?

[@hassanuddin6923]

+TheColossalBlanket that was brilliant man

[@rexxbailey2764]

DAMN SHE IS HOT !!! I LIKE HER :)

[@rexxbailey2764]

Srinivasan davanam krishnasetty WOW I WONDER WHY SOMETHNG LIKE DAT WUD BE THE FIRST THOUGHT DAT POPPED RIGHT INTO UR MIND NOW.... U SIR HAVE TOLD US SOMETING ABOUT URSELF :D :D

[@BallyBoy95]

oz S Does Bailey sound like an Indian name to you?

[@J2897Tutorials]

Nah'. Small tits and large hips. If it was the other way around, then she'd get my vote.

[@rexxbailey2764]

oz S YEH U ARE NEVER GONNA GET IT IN WAT WAYS SHE IS SEXXY AND HOT ANYWAYS THOUGH... SO LET IT BE AND AVE FUN WID URSELF WANKING OF TO THE PLASTIC MODELS FROM UR MAGAZINES. :-I

[@masakali1974]

What about reparations for the Indo and Afro Caribbeans?

[@mevarun6341]

Yes you guys deserve reparation too. But I don't think they might have enough money to pay us all. It's better for them to leave their country to us😂😂😂

[@MrDragon1968]

Interesting. No mention of the brutality the Mau Mau did to their own Kikuyu people.

[@joojoobaba]

She was nervous so was hard to watch, but she fit

[@gautamrs]

Knowledge Of Greatness She's a kid and still had the beans to speak in front of such a distinguished crowd. So what if she was nervous? Listen to her, don't judge.

[@Raju-nj2wg]

Damn I not getting what she is saying....I'm just watching her....my goshhhh

[@yeowool9554]

British should say sorry. Racism has crossed all limits in British empire... sorry and RIP to all the people who died because of racism.

[@MackerelCat]

Reparations are a terrible idea. Germany had to pay reparations after ww1 and look how that turned out.

[@noahjohnson5312]

they also paid reperations after world war 2; and that turned out better

[@mrfrank5560]

She is reading lol totally pathetic considering level of other speakers of this debate. Is she child of rich parents?

[@rajeshi4]

ya worst presentation

[@sudeepchatterjee4449]

look at others, all did that, except dr tharoor

[@amritkumar7488]

At least she tried. I doubt you would piss in your pants delivering such a speech before such large audience.

[@bibhasroy3815]

And ur a poor child of Mr. Frank

[@vedanttiwary2419]

ya she must be a spoilt daughter of Indian multi millionaires

[@ilovedaffodils]

Seeing all the comments below, I'm surprised how people neither from from Britain, nor from India, have the audacity to make comments on behalf of the other side? Like, do you all think you know what actually happened just by reading a few biased questions? Hilarious, actually.

[@adarshSingh-kj5dm]

😂😂 a debate??? she's fuckin' reading it. 😂😂

[@SuperUnbeliever]

Surely multiculturalism is punishment enough?

[@sainadh39]

She's of Indian origin? Isn't she? OMG!!! what a beauty 😍

[@LeanderAUT]

Yeah you’ll rarely see a beautiful „native“ woman in the UK, it’s only women with migration background there that are beautiful

[@simerdeepsingh7251]

Tough to concentrate on speech, she is too sweet That why, I watched this twice

[@dev118118]

Simerdeep Singh - ha ha ha ha,,,,,,,,,,too sweet or S**y......... :-P

[@simerdeepsingh7251]

Devendra Raghuvanshi 😉

[@supremecomments]

Devendra Raghuvanshi Why censor sexy on KZbin dude? SEXY. See?

[@aaryas6821]

Simerdeep Singh LOL

[@bipsinter]

K. Shah. Fellow country men. Robbers and thief's will never admit their sins other wise they have to part with the loot. It was only loot that they did all over the world and filled their country and became rich.

[@aregyaan7386]

Can anybody tell me which country does she belongs to ?

[@benazirbaig7540]

What does she say at 13:17/about giving a man a fish and a rod....?

[@venkateshkannan5]

GIRL you are beautiful

[@PutinJon21]

She is beautiful. That's it!😂😂

[@fracktar]

Classy thumbnail oxford

[@stub1256]

The British also stopped cultural crimes like insisting that its not good life practice to insist that the wife joins the dead husband on the funeral pyre. Britain was also the first country to make slavery illegal and enforce that law vehemently. But lets forget all the good stuff about the UK and Britain. Lets forget the foreign aid that is constantly being sent to countries less well off than us, let us forget all the food water education etc the UK has charitably sent to less fortunate countries. And let us forget that there is no individual alive today that is responsible for colonisation. Im afraid that the guilty are dead. So as Billy the Kid didnt pay for his crimes let us punish his great and great great grand childeren.

[@nanjones6947]

Posh girl talks emotional bilge.

[@mightyindia2344]

Henna dattani , you are so gorgeous ., I m just engrossed 😍

[@kaushalbhattarai1983]

There's no information about the speaker. Only her name is displayed.

[@galtism1519]

Brittian does not owe shit!!!!

[@prabhjeetsingh6305]

GALTISM ya..they dont owe shit..because they owe lives..and the loot they did..the diamond that the queen wears.

[@amitmaddheshiya4419]

we deserve reparations & Britain should give it politely otherwise in future things will worsen as india becoming more powerful nation continuously and no doubt will become world most powerful nation with powerful allied nation. today top indian leader demanding reparations and even indian PM also praised him. today india not that powerful to match NATO. but in future scenario will not be same NATO will broken apart. more powerful Leader will come and lead india and tale all back from British what they taken from us. so i wish in indian style " Apne paap dhone ka mauka h to dho lo saja ki wait kyu kr rahe ho"

[@thewhatorwhy]

Amit Maddheshiya Don't forget that the Brits and mainly America are trying and hoping to destabilize India. China too wants that.

[@amitmaddheshiya4419]

StartabandRoxy thats not gonna happen as enough smart people dedicated to tackle all situation. there "wants" & 'try' started after 1947 but we are still growing fast & stabiles.

[@Tommyfungun]

Good luck Britain is a very powerful country who can do more damage to India than vice versa

[@isaacb5968]

Babe alert😍

[@Sooyush]

Ikr

[@brendonpitcher5611]

I wonder how much personal assistance she has given these countries.

[@tinysaxon3826]

This girl looks really oppressed, in the most privileged school on the planet and Britian! BRITIAN owes no repreations to anyone, are you asking ever other country in this world for the time they were empires ?? The streets are named after slave owners ? Less than 300 men owned slaves in the UK. There have been no slaves in England for a thousand years !!! If you do not like our culture you could always give up everything we supply have supplied and have given to the world ?

[@kottaka2000]

And decades of colonial policy's is a cooked up story?? 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@tshomework8867]

Side not but I wish Oxford union would title the videos properly like part 1 of debate etc, cos it’s confusing about the order to watch it

[@hemdesh3659]

I love this speaker at 0:15 it was so funny

[@paulcooper7408]

Can we have reparations for what the Vikings and Romans did to British people? Of course not. That would be ridiculous.

[@ryanoliveira4562]

I need to say, she is cute

[@dragonfly0136]

What does she say at the end ? That was pretty fast to comprehend. Can anyone type it pls ?