"How" were the lives of the Indian weavers affected under the rule of the British East India company in the 18th century?

Was British rule in India benevolent?

One man's benevolence is another man's humiliation.

If:

a smart, savvy man knocked on your door,

made obeisance and requested a room to live in,

flattered you and gave you gifts, gained your trust and bribed your friends away,

then started giving you counsel on how to run your home; slowly started re-arranging your home,

eventually took over your best room, your best linen and best china, and your business and livelihood,

took your kids' toys away, and decided what they should and should not learn in school, decided what career they should choose,

and then one day, got hold of your bank cards and cheque books and started writing large cheques to himself,

spent your money to make his own place bigger, his business better and clothe/feed/educate his family better,

built an extension to your house to make his stay more comfortable - with your money,

bought new appliances and gadgets, with your money, all of which he kept primarily for his own use,

made you and your family work hard to feed his needs, made you dress to please him, talk in his accent to please him,

killed your first-born when he dared to protest at the this mistreatment,

smartly eliminated further opposition by getting your kids to fight among themselves,

played God with you in his moments of expansiveness by 'improving' you,

fed you and your family scraps from his table, and put your kids to fighting his battles elsewhere,

starved one of your kids to death by stashing your food away behind locked doors,

even re-wrote the story of your family so that you never can explain to someone what your life would have been if he hadn't interfered,

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