Oppression In Colonial India Essay

different India, an India of his dreams; free of oppression, misery, and classism. The culture which is developed by Europe and Britain during the 15th through 19th centuries was about capital colonization which says complete exploitation of colonies for their own benefit. Agriculture was the basic pillar of Indian economy. For about eighty percent of Indian population espoused it as people as their principal source of livelihood. It use to contribute to seventy percent of national income. Indian farming majorly produced food-grains and some crops such as oilseeds, sugar cane fiber crops, etc chiefly for the purpose of domestic consumption. Agriculture was the foundation of village economy and made it self-sufficient. However, the British Rule transformed the nature and frame of Indian economy. They consumed the agri-wealth of their colonies and transported crops, which were historically cultivated in …show more content…
In the first one, The Village peasants are subjugated by Indian landholders. It has been symbolized by hanging of Lalu’s brother who was blamed for the murder of a landlord and the whole saga ruins Nihal Singh’s family. Across the Black Waters takes Lalu to a different level of understanding where he questions colonial rule in India, as he learns during the dreadfulness of war that there is no connection between this war and Indians life in his own country. The last novel in the trilogy, The Sword and the Sickle, we find a awakened Lalu , seeking new ways of life, putting efforts with a revolutionary group to stand against the colonial system. Imperialism has that profound impact on India that it “broke up and changed India, but refused to renew it” (Niven 38). In his journey Lalu continuously seeks that rejuvenation, the change which can bring a better life for himself and other fellow peasants and ultimately he realizes he has to work towards changing local