Reparation - Is it Worth ???

Recently one of our political leader Sashi Tharoor slammed the empire of Great Britain in their home turf justifying reparation for the enslavement and systematic loot of Indians for over two centuries. The effect of his speech was so profound that one of the British legislators even voiced his opinion of returning back the original Koh-i-Noor diamond to India.
As a kid born in the hunky-dory 90's, I have no idea about the extremely inhuman levels of physical, mental and emotional trauma that our freedom fighters have undergone to see us as an independent nation. But, is this reparation worth ??
It is true that the British systematically looted and plundered India so that we started as a "Third World Country", still then they were better than the Rajas, Maharajas, Sultans and Nawabs. They gave us the concept of Constitution which guarantees a citizen like me the fundamental right of free expression. It is due to this right that I am able to pen down my exact thoughts fearlessly. Had India been under these Rajas, Maharajas & Nawabs, then I might have got executed for expressing my thoughts that are against the vested interests of the monarch. It is true that our colonial masters built the Indian Railways out of our looted money to suit their vested interests, but they never cared to demolish it before they left India. The very concept of a mass transportation of men, machinery & raw materials on a system of carriages running on iron rails helped us to retain our existence on the world map when we were attacked time & again in 1948, 62, 65, 71 and Kargil. The largest PSU of the nation is actually an intellectual property of our colonial masters which was way beyond the thinking capabilities of the princely states. The idea of heavy industries like Iron & Steel, Chemicals, Oil & Petroleum and Power Plants, which make the backbone of our nation are again ideas that we have borrowed from the West. The well organized organized system of IAS, IPS, IFS and related public services that acts as a vital nerve system of the country is again a brainchild of the Britishers. In short, the Britishers laid the foundation of a modern India.
On the other hand, buried deep down the pages of history books, when I read about the atrocities that the Britishers have unleashed upon us, it justifies our claim for reparation and possibly vengeance as a form of poetic justice. Personally I believe - "The best revenge is massive success.". Many of our colonial masters showed off their superiority and consistently demeaned us by saying that we don't even have the ability to produce a needle. Ironically in a recent event, ISRO's indigenous space shuttle launched 5 British satellites into Earth's orbit. This is a tight and silently resounding slap on all those who consistently demeaned our self-respect and dignity. Our colonial masters became a world power by simply plundering our resources. Yet, all their satellites and systems were unable to detect when we successfully became a nuclear power in 1998 Pokhran Test. Today, their corporate houses are running smoothly without any hitch only because of the 110 billion dollar Indian IT sector which optimizes their business processes. Their economy is stable only because India is the largest consumer market after China. In other words, those who demean us owe their very existence to us. As I write these lines, the Indian inside me has got its Reparation. Asking for anything else as a reparation would simply depict our low self-esteem and mental bankruptcy.

"When someone throws STONES at you, try to make a CASTLE out of it."