Past India on Instagram: "Throwback to the 1800s: life for Indians under British rule was harsh and deeply unequal. Most Indians lived in poverty as heavy taxes, land revenue systems, and forced cash-crop farming pushed farmers into debt and famine. Traditional industries were destroyed to benefit British factories, leaving artisans and workers without livelihoods. Indians faced racial discrimination, had little political voice, and were excluded from higher positions in administration and educa

Almost on Instagram: "Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous Australian member of parliament, called Queen Elizabeth a “colonizer” while being sworn into the Australian parliament as a Senator on Aug. 1, 2022. Footage of the moment showed Thorpe, who is of DjabWurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara descent, walking onto the Senate floor with her right first raised above her head. She is then asked to recite the oath written on a card in front of her. “I, sovereign Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely affirm an