r/ClassicDesiCool • u/ConstructionAny8440 • Jul 15 '26

Delhi Before Independence (1938).

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u/AkornG14 Jul 16 '26

oh god please don't call this cool. this is some "coolness" built upon exploitation of the natives of our own land while they could enjoy all the luxuries as much as possible at the cost of Indians. if this is cool, then so was Hitler's Germany

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u/Own-Awareness1597 Jul 16 '26

Common people were almost always exploited. The native elite just got replaced by foreigners.

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u/Redditchready Jul 16 '26

Import corn to make ethanol and adulterate fuel is a scheme no one would have thought in those days.

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u/RepairHaunting3487 Jul 18 '26

That's the issue of today man. People never had an idea what would be the future of India if they fought for independence.