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How Empire IMPACTED Sikhs & Will The British EVER Pay Reparations? - Sathnam Sanghera | #155


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00:00 - Are you going on my Mamaji's podcast?
02:22 - Empireland turning into a teaching resource
03:19 - Concerted campaign against those challenging the narrative of colonial history
05:13 - British distrust of smart people
07:17 - Do the British like to be entertained by their government
08:34 - The theory of the British psyche loving loss
11:01 - Punjabi's being workaholics
12:40 - Being accountable for what you write
13:32 - Antiques Roadshow + turning into an immigrant antique trade dealer
15:24 - India's decolonisation mission
17:08 - Access to English in India
19:10 - Expats are unable to acclimatise to Britain after the Empire
21:42 - Can Britain provide reparation or compensation to countries impacted by the Empire?
27:45 - People were furious at the time of slavery
29:40 - Were British Museums furthering humanity by preserving items?
33:54 - Sri Guru Gobind Singh Kalgi lost by the British
36:25 - Replicate the actual items + return the actual items
38:03 - Stolen items becoming a PR problem
39:45 - Sikh identity + British flattery
42:00 - Jallianwala Bagh + Racial Science
45:14 - Martial Race theory
47:54 - General Dyer's exoneration in the British Media
48:54 - The story of the Koh-i-noor Diamond
53:08 - Duleep Singh + reclaiming the Sikh empire
54:33 - Enoch Powell + River of Blood Speech
56:30 - Admiring the culture but acting racially superior
58:59 - Royal African Company + importing of slaves
01:03:46 - Suppressing slavery to support tourism
01:06:10 - Charles Darwin theories + racial scientists
01:09:24 - Rudyard Kipling complicated views + The White Man's Burden
01:11:59 - Stereotypical literature + Windrush + influence today
01:14:37 - Being a descendant of the colonised
01:15:58 - The complexity of Empire
01:19:46 - Being confident in our cultural identity
01:21:28 - There are a million ways of being brown
01:23:23 - You don't loathe a country because you criticise it
01:25:35 - Princess of Wales + Prince of Wales visit to the Caribbean
01:28:11 - Queen Elizabeth + British knowledge on Empire

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