The name is absent

If, the community could agree on "who" is an Anglo-Indian,
it might have a clearer sense of its own identity. It
would be able to establish itself as a cohesive whole.
This solidarity would enable the community to successfully
face the challenges of modern India.

The structure of the chapter is:

(i)        The empirical data: Size and ethnicity

(ii)      The relevance of size and ethnicity to education

(iii)     The post-1947 ethnic Anglo-Indian:   Keralite

Anglo-Indians and Meghalayan Anglo-Indians

(iv)       Conclusions.

2. The empirical data: Size and ethnicity of the Anglo-
Indian community

In 1990, during the field study, all adult respondents were
asked:

What is the size of the Anglo-Indian Community
in India today?

The question was always followed by a brief silence. The
responses fell into five distinct categories:

(i)        Complete surprise followed by silence.

(ii) Another question was asked as a reply. For
example,

Why do you need to know?

Or,

Is this a necessary question, after all, what
has the size of the community got to do with
education?

(iii) Single words were used to dismiss the question

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