Which interpretation is at least as uncharitable as the one that thinks he said India should have remained a colony of Britain?<p>Any other (more sane) interpretation might be a really, <i>really</i> profoundly stupid statement, as well. I don&#x27;t care and am not qualified to argue those.<p>The point is that we can&#x27;t have meaningful conversations when so many people jump immediately on the misinterpretation of a statement that is most useful for bringing out the hate for the one who spoke it.