One question: Were the British any worse than Mulayam Singh Yadav, Laloo Yadav and the countless other corrupt scoundrels who plundered millions in the name of "social justice" and other archaic slogans ?
The thing is the electorate gets a chance to throw them out every five years and at the end of the day they are held accountable somewhere some way.....The british had absolute power and were accountable to none...
And yet, even if we over throw them, new breeds of goons and gangsters are coming to power, with the help of much-respected political parties.
If Laloo is booted out, Abu Salem or (who knows) Dawood Ibrahim will take his place. And illiterate villagers, who still vote based on caste/religious voting patterns refuse to look into the character of the person they are voting for.
Corruption is replaced by criminalization. Bureacracy is still utterly corrupt. Executive is ineffective and cant handle mild insurgencies in the heart of the country.. the list is endless.
Yes, there is nothing wrong in wondering how Hong Kong was transformed into an economic powerhouse under BRIT rule while Indian politicians a.k.a mobsters and gangsters, only weakened the country with their corrupt ways and ineffective administration.