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Burmese Days
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Orwell reflected on this in his novel Burmese days saying in the 18th century the Indians cast guns that were at any rate up to the European standard. Now after we've been in India 150 years you can't make so much as a brass cartridge case in the whole continent.
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Orwell reflected on this in his novel Burmese days, saying, "In the 18th century, the Indians cast guns that were at any rate up to the European standard. Now, after we've been in India 150 years, you can't make so much as a brass cartridge case in the whole continent.
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Burmese Days by George Orwell is a novel that draws heavily on the author's experiences as a colonial police officer in British Burma, critiquing the corrupting nature of imperialism. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans mentioned George Orwell's novel to discuss Orwell's reflections on colonial extraction and the systematic destruction of indigenous manufacturing capabilities under British rule. James Stout joined in the discussion on the same podcast episode, bringing up Orwell's work to highlight historical observations about local arms production, specifically noting that while eighteenth-century Indians manufactured guns comparable to European standards, a century and a half of colonial rule left the region unable to produce even a simple brass cartridge case. The speakers used the novel to illustrate the devastating economic and industrial consequences of imperial domination. By referencing Orwell's firsthand insights into the mechanics of colonial exploitation, the podcast hosts demonstrated how literature can capture the structural violence and economic stagnation imposed by foreign powers on colonized populations.
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James Stout Orwell reflected on this in his novel Burmese days, saying, "In the 18th century, the Indians cast guns tha… 1
“Orwell reflected on this in his novel Burmese days, saying, "In the 18th century, the Indians cast guns that were at any rate up to the European standard. Now, after we've been in India 150 years, you can't make so much as a brass cartridge case in the whole continent."”
Robert Evans Orwell reflected on this in his novel Burmese days saying in the 18th century the Indians cast guns that we… 1
“Orwell reflected on this in his novel Burmese days saying in the 18th century the Indians cast guns that were at any rate up to the European standard. Now after we've been in India 150 years you can't make so much as a brass cartridge case in the whole continent.”