‘In retrospect,’ I said. ‘Do you think British rule was justified?’ Iris mulled over the question before answering. ‘Well, at the time we certainly didn’t think of ourselves as wicked imperialists,’ she said, answering slowly. ‘Of course not. But you see, although people of my generation were very keen on Gandhi and Indian Independence, we were still very careless. We didn’t give much thought to the question of what on earth we were doing to that country and its people. ‘That said, I can’t forget the sacrifices made by the "wicked" imperialists over the centuries—the graves, so many very
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