Chapter 38 Chapter Seven: The End of the Empire

He joined the revolutionary camp of terrorists in 1918.On his wedding day, his revolutionary mentor was present.From then until the time of his death in 1928, in 10 years, he never lived with his wife for a day.The iron discipline of a revolutionary is to stay away from girls... He used to tell me that India would be free if it fought like Ireland.It was while working with him that I started reading My Fight for Irish Freedom by Dan Breen.Dan Brun is the ideal in Masterda's mind.He also named his organization the Indian Republican Army Chittagong, after the Irish Republican Army. ——Society (Kalpana Dutt, 1945, pp. 16-17)

Colonial officials were born with a characteristic that they not only tolerated the vicious culture of bribery and corruption in the colonies, but also deliberately encouraged them.Because of this ready-made vice, it is convenient for them to control that group of people who are ready to move and often have dissent.In this way, if one wants to achieve something (whether it is to win a lawsuit, win a government contract, get a knighthood from the King, or get a public job), it can be done by claiming power. People bribe to achieve their goals.As for the "bribery" done, it wasn't necessarily all money (it was a blatant and vulgar move, and few Europeans in India were willing to get their hands dirty in this way).The way of favors may be friendship or respect, warm hospitality, or generous donations to some "good deeds".But the most valued way is loyalty to British rule.

——Carritt (M. Carritt, 1985, pp. 63-64)