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Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by BMc2020 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @10:39PM (#33979722)
I literally copy and pasted what I could find from the brief article. Your beef is with the authors.
Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by rramadass on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:41PM (#33980076)
No, context matters.

You trivialized the subject by your one-liner and rightfully got schooled on it.

Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by BMc2020 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @12:50AM (#33980415)
At least 5 HN readers disagree with you.
Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by rramadass on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:04AM (#33980513)
That means nothing i.e. Ignorance.

It is a question of Education and Why one should not trivialize it.

Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by BMc2020 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:44AM (#33980744)
You are right, I don't want to remain ignorant. Educate us about the sudras and untouchables.

Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras are the four Hindu castes. These castes or groupings are called varnas. Whatever caste or varna a baby is born into will be his or her varna for life. Marriages for young people are arranged within one's caste. Each caste has its codes of conduct and unique lifestyles. For example, upper caste members receive better education. For centuries lower caste members were forbidden to even acquire books. Sudras' work never allows them to gain financial independence or accumulate wealth. All wealth in Indian society is reserved for the top three castes.

Below the four varnas is a fifth group called Achuta, known as Untouchables.

Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by rramadass on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:50AM (#33980768)
???

Totally irrelevant to the topic at hand; you have now officially "jumped the shark".

Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by BMc2020 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:52AM (#33985214)
The suffering of the Indian people is not the topic at hand, it's the suffering of the Indian people caused by British and only the British. Got it.

Yes it was very bad. I saw a documentary about it called RRR.

Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by rramadass on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:49AM (#33986172)
Sarcasm without Knowledge is merely Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence.
Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by Aleksdev on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @06:01AM (#33982041)
You spelt “Education” with a capital E there…
Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by BMc2020 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:41PM (#33987921)
I think RammedAss has reached his intellectual limit.
Re:British colonialism killed 100M Indians in 40 years by dang on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:36PM (#34008420)
Personal attacks will get you banned here, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. Please don't do that again!

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html