3 million dead. Not by drought. By design.
This is Bengal. 1943. A mother sitting beside her starving child.
Bengal Famine of 1943 wasn’t a “natural disaster.”
It was a **wartime decision**.
Grain was there. Ships were there. Requests were made. Denied.
Because the empire needed food for war. Not for Indians.
While in Britain, families were told to **kill their own pets** to save rations.
Even animals were part of the calculation.
Now ask yourself:
Where did Indians stand in that hierarchy?
Below soldiers.
Below strategy.
Below empire.
This is not famine.
This is allocation.
And allocation is power.
So when someone calls colonialism “development” —
Show them this image.
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