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Jan 21, 2022 · The mass starvation that killed three million Indians during the closing years of the Second World War was no act of nature; it was engineered. Britain must face up to this crime, says Jason Hickel.
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Jul 8, 2019 · At the same time, the delay and the very nature of public debates and responses to the Bengal famine in Britain illustrate the crucial role of the media in raising awareness for distant crises and point to the problematic relationship of mediated representations of humanitarian disasters and the successful mobilisation of aid. KEYWORDS: Famine.
- Joanna Simonow
- 2020
The Great Bengal famine of 1770 struck Bengal and Bihar between 1769 and 1770 and affected some 30 million people. [1] It occurred during a period of dual governance in Bengal.
Nov 17, 2020 · Much like Victorians themselves, British responses to the Bengali and Anatolian famines were multi-layered, diverse, and, often contradictory. Even today, famine relief appeals embody a paradoxical combination of altruism, self-interest, and guilt. As historically-minded global citizens, we should not shy away from such complexity.
Jul 8, 2019 · An estimated 3 million people died due to the Bengal famine of 1943. The purpose of this article is to theorize the Bengal famine through the lens of colonial biopolitics.
In the context of the visual representation of the Bengal famine in Britain, the British press emphasised the resemblance of victims of Bengal and Greece to highlight the need to ensure that fellow citizens of the British Empire would not suffer as did people starving under German occupation.
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Jan 7, 2023 · Perhaps the most important reason for British people to remember the Bengal Famine, though, is that people in South Asia remember it. We can't understand how they might see the Empire - and the idea that it was a Good Thing, until we've got some idea of its appalling downside.
