Why the Koh-i-Noor diamond represents empire
It’s a lightning rod for resentment of colonial loot and a symbol of what the British took from India.
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Soumya Bhattacharya
Soumya Bhattacharya is the author of six books of fiction, non-fiction, and memoir, the latest being the novel, Thirteen Kinds of Love (HarperCollins-India).
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