altogether. For example,
Impossible, Unobtainable, Insoluble, [and]
Unnecessary,
were used by the respondents.
(iv)
(v)
The respondents evaded the question, by asking
the researcher to
. .. find out for yourself. You let us know.
(3)
Many of the respondents suggested that the
researcher should ask the "bigwigs" in the
community. (4)
These answers gave the researcher a rare insight into the
psychosocial development of the community. The community
possessed a commitment to an exclusive bi-racial
connectedness. The respondents were conforming to the
norms, customs and standards of the group to which they
belonged. The size issue was ambiguous, and the group
pressure towards conformity was strong in the individuals.
(5)
By 1990, the powerful and influential All-India Anglo-
Indian Association headed by Anthony had rejected the
Anglo-Indians from Kerala. This was because these Anglo-
Indians had accepted the terminology Other Backward Classes
and received positive discrimination from the Indian
government for jobs and education. The All-India Anglo-
Indian Association reject the word backward for Anglo-
Indians .
This Association did not accept the Anglo-Indians from
Meghalaya, because these Meghalayan Tknglo-Indians were
called Scheduled Tribe. Once again a group of Anglo-
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