“I was there in England, I saw it, this ‘Cool Brittania.’ Oasis. Tony Blair. God Save the Bloody Queen. But you scratch the surface, it’s crumbling, its dying, there’s no future on that miserable island. The same in America. You think India is poor? Go travel around America. I couldn’t believe it. Meanwhile some backpacker in Paharganj wanders around crying about our poverty, shaking his head, taking pity on us, taking photos for the people back home. Take a look at your own backyard. Study your history, man. You people looted us, took everything. Now you look at us and say, You’re so spiritual, you have so much wisdom, you’re so wise. You’re so …simple’. Yeah we’re simple fucker. We’re simply going to destroy you. They don’t want us to, they don’t want us to be strong, to have heart, wit, resilience, ingenuity, wealth, power, but we are, but we do. We took their shit for so long, now the tables are turning. It’s our time now!”
Deepti Kapoor, “Age of Vice”, 2023
