Noticing differences and changes: What different understandings of British colonial rule are reflected in these documents? In what ways did those understandings change over time? How might you account for those differences and changes?
Describing alternative futures: What can you infer about the kind of future for India that the authors of these documents anticipate?
Noticing what’s missing: What Indian voices are not represented in these documents? How might such people have articulated a different understanding of the colonial experience?
Responding to Gandhi: How might each of the other authors have responded to Gandhi’s analysis of British colonial role and his understanding of “civilization”? To what extent do you find Gandhi’s views relevant to the conditions of the early twenty-first century?