I have found references to the Congress in three of
Kipling's pieces (plus Pagett M.P., of course),
although I don't claim that this is an exhaustive
search. They are:
"Departmental Ditties" - "What Happened"
'What became of Mookerjee? Ask Mahommed Yar
Prodding Siva's sacred bull down the Bow Bazaar.
Speak to placid Nubbee Baksh--question land and sea--
Ask the Indian Congressmen--only don't ask me!'
"Many Inventions" - One View of the Question"
'The telegraph is the servant of the six hundred, and
all the Sahibs in India, omitting not one, are the
servants of the telegraph. Yearly, too, thou knowest,
the beggar-taught will hold that which they call their
Congress, first at one place and then at another,
leavening Hindustan with rumour, echoing the talk
among the low-born people here, and demanding that
they, like the six hundred, control the revenues.'
Also three more references in this story after this.
"One Viceroy resigns"
'I told you what the Congress meant or thought?
I'll answer nothing. Half a year will prove
The full extent of time and thought you'll spare
To Congress. Ask a Lady Doctor once
How little Begums see the light -- deduce
Thence how the True Reformer's child is born.
It's interesting, curious . . . and vile.
I told the Turk he was a gentlman.
I told the Russian that his Tartar veins
Bled pure Parisian ichor; and he purred.
The Congress doesn't purr. I think it swears.'
WIth best regards
David Page
Harrow, UK
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