RIP -  QUEEN ELIZABETH II

As an avid stamp collector in my childhood days, these were my favourite stamps, mainly because of the beautiful portraits of Queen Elizabeth II in them. I admired them because she appeared so dignified, classy and frankly, so stately that she befits the best of what royalty represents. Unlike the celebrities and noisy politicians of today, her quiet, unassuming and mellow demeanour represents the temper of gentler and kinder times. Little did I realise that she also represented the exploitative nature of British colonialism. Such overbearing dominance of the British Empire has resulted in efforts by former colonies to bury the history of their colonial past.