Indian Independence - An unfortunate event

I occasionally feel and publicly state that gaining independence from the British was an unfortunate event for the Indians. We would have been far happier under them than we are under the present rulers.
Whether we actually would have been happier under them is a matter of opinion. It is also a matter intellectual honesty. Many people agree with me that our lives would have been happier under the Brits but find it difficult to accept it, at least openly. They do not really disagree with me but feel that it they owe it to their sense of nationalism, to disagree.
I think, people have a right to find happiness for themselves, wherever they find it. That is why people go abroad and seek greener pastures.
Do you know how many Indians, all sensible and industrious ones, have consciously decided to leave the noble Indian rulers and settle down in other countries ( under other rulers ) and remain
happy thereafter'. 25 Million. Yes.  'India has the second largest diaspora in the world after overseas Chinese. The overseas Indian community estimated at over 25 million is spread across every major region in the world'. 
These people had the option to stay in their homeland and enjoy homegrown freedom, but they didn't.
I courageously maintain that those of us who have not followed suit is purely because we will not be able to make it abroad. Love of self-rule! My foot.
In any case, no one is truly independent; we all work under one ruler or the other. Whether they are Brit officers or Indian MPs/MLAs/Bureaucrats, matters only to the extent as to who is providing your more happiness.The colour of the skin does not matter.
In any case,I feel more pain in getting kicked by a person of my own community than someone from outside. In getting kicked by my own, there is the additional pain of having made a wrong decision by placing that guy in that position. I become party to inflicting that pain on myself- an abettor in the crime.
I would much rather be murdered than commit suicide.