Young India; an interpretation and a history of the nationalist movement from within . o be ofuse. He relieved the British ofhcer of much of hisintellectual work, and left him ample time for playand rest. Many a departmental head ruled thecountry with the brain of the Bengalee Bengalee Babu worshipped the Feringhee ^ asMai Bap,^ and began to imitate him in his began to live as the Britisher lived; English life,English manners and customs, became his ideal. 1Gradually he became very fond of English literatureand began to think as an Englishman thought. TheBengalees were the f
Young India; an interpretation and a history of the nationalist movement from within . o be ofuse. He relieved the British ofhcer of much of hisintellectual work, and left him ample time for playand rest. Many a departmental head ruled thecountry with the brain of the Bengalee Bengalee Babu worshipped the Feringhee ^ asMai Bap,^ and began to imitate him in his began to live as the Britisher lived; English life,English manners and customs, became his ideal. 1Gradually he became very fond of English literatureand began to think as an Englishman thought. TheBengalees were the first to send their sons to Eng-land for their education and to compete for theI. C. S. (Indian Civil Service) and the I. M. S.(Indian Medical Service). They with the Parseeswere the first to qualify for the English bar. InEngland, they lived in an atmosphere of freedom. ^ A native term equivalent for Europeans. 2 This is a native expression signifying the highest respectof the speaker towards one whom he considers his it means mother and father. 1 r^-^ • -*<. Ram Mohan Roy INDIA FROM 1857 TO 1905 111 With freedom in drinking and eating they alsolearned freedom of thought and expression. The first generation of the Bengalees was thusAnglicised through and through. They lookeddown upon their own religion; they thought poorlyof Indian society. They knew nothing of their ownpast history, and they glorified in being Sahibs. ^Some of them became Christians. Alarmed at thistransformation, Ram Mohan Roy and a few othersresolved to stem the tide. For a time they suc-ceeded, but only partially. Be it said to the credit ofthe Bengalees that a fairly good number refused tobe carried down-stream, and in spite of their Eng-lish education stuck to their own religion and theirown customs. They saw a good deal in their societywhich needed reform; but they declined to makesweeping changes and would not imitate. Theseveterans laid the foundations of the modern Ben-galee li
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