As children, we felt a chill of excitement when we heard how Ali Baba, a poor wood-cutter from the forest, found a treasure in a cave full of gold. It gave us goosebumps. Similarly, many other stories had such enticing thrill when the character of the novel or the movie suddenly finds abundant wealth. The story of the Sub-Continent is much similar and gives sequential resemblance. A colonizer, in long search of raw-material and wealth, suddenly finds a goose that lays golden eggs. It, with political and colonial acumen, colonizes the region.
Why Anti-Immigration Protests Are Becoming More Common in Britain?
What makes a crowd of 15,000 chant the slogan of “Stop the boats” in the heart of London? Is it fear, anger, or the echo of a nation struggling to hold on to a sense of itself? The answer is harsher, the sense of losing their identity. This week, London witnessed a wave of anti-immigration protests—unearthing the underlying tensions in Britain. In central London, demonstrators united under the slogan of “Unite the Kingdom”, a call showing the polarizing debate of immigration. Organized and amplified by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, the protesters divulged the deeper anxieties over migration and Britain’s long-standing relationship with newcomers.