Ajay Kamalakaran is a writer and independent journalist. He lived in Russia from 2003 to 2007 and has been a frequent medium-term visitor to the country ever since.
The author has misunderstood the 9th question, “why is India part of the commonwealth?”. She takes it to mean how India came to be part of the commonwealth? The question probably was meant to convey, why is India STILL a part of group of nation tied by colonial links and headed by their ex colonial master (by Russian thinking).
The reason is quite obvious too. Soviet Union supported Indian freedom and later developed close friendship with her. In Soviet books, British imperialism would be described as extremely brutish. Having keenly read about the ill effects of the Russians are wondering why India still choose to continue in the commonwealth. It is unlikely that Russian textbooks would highlight much the Cooperation between the two nations in the last few decades.
The author has misunderstood the 9th question, “why is India part of the commonwealth?”. She takes it to mean how India came to be part of the commonwealth? The question probably was meant to convey, why is India STILL a part of group of nation tied by colonial links and headed by their ex colonial master (by Russian thinking).
The reason is quite obvious too. Soviet Union supported Indian freedom and later developed close friendship with her. In Soviet books, British imperialism would be described as extremely brutish. Having keenly read about the ill effects of the Russians are wondering why India still choose to continue in the commonwealth. It is unlikely that Russian textbooks would highlight much the Cooperation between the two nations in the last few decades.
If Yandex is also available in English, it will be a great help to the world.
Indian socialist leaders didn’t and don’t want to spend on cleanliness and town planning, they spend only on freebies and subsidies.