An Era Of Darkness Book PDF Free Download By Shashi Tharoor
At the end of May 2015, I was invited by the Oxford Union to speak on the proposition 'Britain Owes Reparations to Her Former Colonies'. Since I was already scheduled to speak at the Hay Festival in Wales later that week, I thought it might be pleasant to stop in Oxford on the way and debate there. The event, in the Union's impressive woodpanelled premises dating back several centuries, was a success and I left pleased enough, but without giving the proceedings a second thought. In early July, however, the Union posted the debate on the web, and sent me a video copy of my speech. I promptly tweeted a link to it and watched in astonishment as it went viral. Within hours it was being downloaded and replicated on hundreds of sites. One site swiftly crossed over three million views; others did not keep track, but reported record numbers of hits. Right-wing critics of mine suspended their 'trolling' of me on social media to hail my speech. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha went out of her way to laud me at a function attended by the Prime Minister, who then, in his own remarks, congratulated me for having said 'the right things at the right place'. Schools and colleges played the speech to their students; one university, the Central University of Jammu, organized a day-long seminar at which eminent scholars addressed specific points I had raised. Hundreds of articles were written, for and against what I had said. For months, I kept meeting strangers who came up to me in public places to praise my 'Oxford speech".
| Book | An Era Of Darkness - Shashi Tharoor |
| Author | Shashi Tharoor |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 240 |
| Size | 7.6 MB |
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| Category | English Book, History |
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