ON POINT: "OF COTTON AND COLONIALISM"

SepiaMutiny has a great post on the role cotton has played in the relationship between India and the west for almost six thousand years. 

And why cotton is indelibly tied into how every Indian thinks of Mahatma Gandhi (image source).

It's a metaphor for the relationship between the developed and developing world, taking lessons from the past and applying them to the future.

It ends with a tough ironical question, that makes one uneasy, especially if you're a supporter of Globalization like yours truly.