Romila Thapar: "The Goan intellectuals that I had long discussions with on this issue, quite rightly said, the trouble with you historians is that you only look at British colonialism. And the pattern of British colonialism. Iberian colonialism was quite different. British colonialism was [different]. Settler colonialism in Australia, Africa was quite different.... and British colonialism in India was different. The patterns differ."

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Romila Thapar, prominent Indian historian, at around 28 minutes into this interview:

"The Goan intellectuals that I had long discussions with on this issue, quite rightly said, the trouble with you historians is that you only look at British colonialism. And the pattern of British colonialism. Iberian colonialism was quite different. British colonialism was [different]. Settler colonialism in Australia, Africa was quite different.... and British colonialism in India was different. The patterns differ." https://youtu.be/CxdR3oOzQzA

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