I did not succumb to the school's
expectations, and although I was offered a
place in the University of Bombay after
completing my Senior Cambridge examinations,
my mother asked me to go to work as an
apprentice in the G.I.P.Rly. (Great Indian
Peninsular).
The drop out rate of Anglo-Indian "freeship" students was
very high. See, DeSouza, A. A. (1976) Anglo-Indian
Education: A Study of its Origins and Growth in Bengal up
to 1960 New Delhi: Oxford University Press (p.304); see
also, Maher, R.J.(1962) These are the Anglo-Indians
Calcutta: Swallow Press (p.15). Maher's book can be
obtained on an Inter-University library loan from the
University of Illinois, U.S.A.
(5) See, Maher, R.M. (1962) op. cit., (p.68). Maher's
description of the exodus of Anglo-Indians is described in
the Chapter "Sinking Ship?" (p.68) Maher describes the
"departure of the wealthier and more influential members of
the community" as a "draining of its very life-blood." See,
Malelu, S.J. (1964) The Anglo-Indians: A Problem in
Marginality The Ohio State University, Ph.D. Sociology,
Race Question University Microfilms, Inc. Ann Arbor,
Michigan. In Malelu's research, he identified the Anglo-
Indians as being marginal to India's culture. See also,
Abel, E. (1988) The Anglo-Indian Community: Survival in
India Delhi: Chanakya Publications (p.44)
(6) See, Allen, C. (1977) Raj : A Scrapbook of British
India 1877-1947 London: Andre Deutsch (pp.90-1) Alien
describes the occupations "chiefly on the railways and in
lower provincial appointments" which were offered to all
Anglo-Indians, "unless they were educated overseas."
(p.15) Anglo-Indians who were educated in Anglo-Indian
schools were barred from "all the senior and covenanted
posts", (p.15) See also, O'Malley, L.S.S. (1941) Modern
India and the West London: Oxford University Press (pp.238-
39); see also, Stark, H.A. (1936, 1987) Hostages to India
or The Life Story of the AnQlo-Indian Race Calcutta: Star
Printing Works (A facsimile reprint was published privately
in 1987, through the agency of the British Association for
Cemeteries in South Asia (BACSA) Putney, London.) Stark,
H.A. (1936) described the Anglo-Indians as
telegraph operators, artisans and
electricians. They supplied the railways with
station staffs, engine drivers, permanent way
inspectors, guards, auditos - in fact every
higher grade of railway servant, (p.135)
(7) This comment was made after an interview in London in
1987. See, Lobo, A.I.G. (1988) op. cit.,
(8) Channel 4 (1986) The Anglo-Indians Central Television
Producer Zia Mohyeddin. Narrated by Tim Piggot-Smith. The
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