The name is absent

sad day for the community. (48)

The religious integration under Christianity in the Census
has further eroded this minority's hopes for a separate
classified heading as Anglo-Indian. Most Anglo-Indians do
register with an Anglo-Indian Association, and since there
are many different types of Anglo-Indian Associations
classification is confused.

Some Anglo-Indians protect themselves by registering with
more than one association, and there are Anglo-Indians who
do not register with any association. The future of the
Anglo-Indian schools is at stake, and group cohesiveness is
the only way the Anglo-Indians can protect the future of
the Anglo-Indian schools.

This analysis is the first of its kind in any major
research about Anglo-Indians, which confronts the ethnicity
issue and the deep fears that Anglo-Indians have of losing
control of their schools to Indian Christians. The issue
is і

... to get together, and stop back-biting,
because if we don't get together and forget
our prejudices, we are lost, we cannot
survive, and you can talk about size and
ethnicity or even write about it, and it will
not help us . (49)

Although the group cohesiveness has enhanced group
productivity, that is, the groups do manage their own
schools, reducing intragroup hostility by directing it
towards an outgroup, it has not decreased the feelings of
security for the community. (50)

Without exception the ostensible objective is to reduce the
conflict between the groups and associations in order to
ensure that Anglo-Indians will continue to play a dominant

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