On May 28, 2015, Shashi Tharoor spoke at the Oxford Union for the motion “This house believes Britain owes reparations to her former colonies.” “It’s a bit rich to oppress, enslave, kill, torture, maim people for 200 years,” he said.
Within weeks his 25-minute speech had been seen by more than two million people on YouTube. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it brilliant.