(A) “The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction and tyrannical and mean”. This statement was made by Sister Nivedita. Born as Margaret Elizabeth Noble,she was more popularly know nas Sister Nivedita. She was a Scots-Irish social worker,author, teacher and a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. She was described as a real lioness by Vivekananda, ‘Lokmata’ (the mother of the people) by Rabindranath Tagore and Agnishikha (the flame of fire)by Aurobindo Ghosh. In England, she was known as‘The Champion for India’. Many of her letters written between 1900 and 1905 to her friend Miss Macleod reveal her hatred for the British rule. One such letter describes ‘The British Empire is rotten to the core –corrupt in every direction, and tyrannical and mean’.