An Era of Darkness : Book Review!

Introduction to the book

An Era of Darkness is a non-fictional book written by Dr. Shashi Tharoor. He is a politician and a flamboyant writer who has written 23 books (at the time of writing this post). In this eloquent and eclectic book, Dr Tharoor mainly writes about the Indian Experience of British Colonialism albeit he also touches upon the history as well. He also broke down a rather intricate conundrum (ie. Did British Colonialism do India any good?) into something that is more easily digestible. The book is not only about the negatives of the British empire, but it also contains some of the positives as well. Overall this is a very well researched and documented book by Shashi Tharoor.

My Impressions

An Era of Darkness is a quintessential book written by Dr. Shashi Tharoor. It is easily one of the best books I’ve read in 2021. The book is very well written, the way Shashi Tharoor has presented himself literally blew my mind. I personally, was a bit skeptical in reading this book since Shashi Tharoor is notoriously known for using very difficult words in his writings. But, for me, the book was fairly easy to read. Yes, there were some new words here and there but that is expected while reading any book!

Shashi Tharoor

I gained a perspective of the Indian freedom struggle, which, before reading this book I didn’t have. Something else that I liked from this book was this particular sentence - “The British even took the Hindi word ’loot’ to their dictionaries as well as their habits.” This sentence goes to show how well versed Shashi Tharoor is in this subject. Honestly, I think that the Government must make sure that every Indian citizen, young or old should read this book since I believe that this book contains values that could make a huge difference in our society. As Shashi Tharoor rightly said “History belongs in the past; but understanding it is the duty of the present.”

Overall a brilliant book, and I’ve got a new favorite author!

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