> It is quite bizarre to imply that pre-colonial India was a haven for human rights but that Britain, the country with the most advanced legal system and which

> It is quite bizarre to imply that pre-colonial India was a haven for human rights but that Britain, the country with the most advanced legal system and which had recognised the notion of human rights nearly 900 years earlier, did not. Pop quiz: How long did it take the United States to recognize the human rights of those born into slavery? People are selectively blind about who the human rights apply to all the time, it's nothing new whatsoever.