<story><title>Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a story waiting to be retold</title><url>https://openthemagazine.com/columns/churchills-bengal-famine/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>HL33tibCe7</author><text>If you’re interested in a counter argument, see &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.spectator.co.uk&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;winston-churchill-isnt-to-blame-for-the-bengal-famine&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.spectator.co.uk&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;winston-churchill-isnt-t...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hirundo</author><text>Fascinating article, it argues that Churchill was indeed racist and imperialist toward these people, and yet strove to head off the famine from humanitarian impulses. The more informed histories always seem to be written in shades of grey.</text></comment>
<story><title>Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a story waiting to be retold</title><url>https://openthemagazine.com/columns/churchills-bengal-famine/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>HL33tibCe7</author><text>If you’re interested in a counter argument, see &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.spectator.co.uk&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;winston-churchill-isnt-to-blame-for-the-bengal-famine&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.spectator.co.uk&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;winston-churchill-isnt-t...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>iamshs</author><text>Original article is just Hindu Nationalist &amp;#x27;history&amp;#x27; project. Not a single Brahmin merchant released any grain that they hoarded in their warehouses, they were looking for profit. Nobody even bothers to tell this part of the famine. We already hate Churchill for being racist, but complete the picture and tell the role of Brahmins too.</text></comment>