India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

by J. Sai Deepak

Colonisation, as understood by scholars, refers to a process or phenomenon by which people belonging to a nation establish colonies in other societies while retaining their bonds with the parent nation, and exploit the colonised societies to benefit the parent nation and themselves.

the policy of using colonisation to increase one’s footprint is called colonialism.

At least four forms of colonialism are recognised, namely exploitation colonialism, settler colonialism, surrogate col...

In exploitation colonialism, the colonising group treats the colonised territory primarily as a resource to further its economic growth and increase the dominion under its c...

In settler colonialism, the colonisers not only retain their bonds with their parent nation but also settle in large numbers in the colony and take over all aspects of the colonised society,...