That's an interesting contrast, and I'm sure there's academic literature which lays out why that's the case. My personal impression is that this might have to d

That's an interesting contrast, and I'm sure there's academic literature which lays out why that's the case. My personal impression is that this might have to do with the immediate aftermath of Independence, faced with strong internal crises to deal with. British Imperialism & Partition had left the country bereft - food production, economic infrastructure (raw materials & factories separated by hostile borders), & general development (India at the onset of colonialism produced about a quarter of the world's GDP, and at the end was about 2%). We had a host of issues to deal with, and hating on the British was unproductive. Within 25 years, India was in three full on wars with hostile neighbors. The British were a distant enemy. I suppose the Irish antagonism with the British dates from the much more recent "Troubles", rather than historic English Imperialism.