By Madana-gopala Dasa
In 1972, Idi Amin expelled more than 60,000 Indians from Uganda overnight. These were not just residents. They were the backbone of the economy, running businesses, supplying goods, and sustaining entire sectors of trade. Their removal caused Uganda’s economy to collapse, and half a century later, the country has never fully recovered.
I know this story intimately. I was born in East Africa in the 1970s, in the aftermath of Amin’s decision. I grew up witnessing the social a