He's actually lived there, so I think he has the right to impart his experiences. How long are you going to blame everything on the past? I'm so glad my ancestors were Jews; you don't hear them constantly carping and blaming everyone for what happened to them LESS THAN 80 years ago and going back 5000 years. Neither do the Indians. They may blame the Brits for a lot, but they also know their problems are also from their own making. What this writer did was describe human nature, regardless of whose skin it's in.