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1/1 I have been a regular at many Geographical Society talks in recent years in Edinburgh. And I find them to be fascinating & very informative. But there are some issues which I has been niggling me & I have to put them out. Caveat: #Thread.
1/2. Though speakers end up traveling to the majority world, there is rarely any discussion on how these former Anglo European colonies dealt with years of systematic loot and oppression. For example, in today’s talk with a legendary photographer, he said & I quote:
1/3. “Of course there was no Pakistan then. There was only India. And you know we were running India then”. He was talking about his trip to Karakoram. He just papered over UKs role in dividing the subcontinent & what horrors unfolded, which we are still living with.
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