The author of ‘Empire Building: The Construction of British India, 1690–1860; on retro-liberalism, being objective about the East India Company, and how British empire building was different in India
Siddaramaiah criticized PM Narendra Modi for comparing the opposition alliance 'INDIA' to reviled names such as East India Company and Indian Mujahideen.
This extract, a chapter entitled Perceptions of Colonialism by Mohinder Singh presents the range of perceptions and responses to colonialism in the country