The name is absent

in India. This is a community without a
middle class.

62 Anglo-Indian man 30-40 31 July

He also referred to the mass emigration of Anglo-Indians
during the sixties and said,

The middle class emigrated and therefore
there is only a small professional class, and
a large semi-skilled and unskilled class.

63_______Anglo-Indian man 40-50 31 July

He was a voluntary social worker, and was concerned about
the number of Anglo-Indians who were living in poverty,
in all the major cities in India, particularly in Bombay,
Calcutta, Madras and Bangalore.

64 Anglo-Indian woman 30-40 Mysore 3 August

She had a Ph.D in Linguistics. She said,

Anglo-Indians must be aware of the 3-language
formula, and must learn an Indian language.
Christianity has socialised the Anglo-Indians
within their own patterns of society. There
is internal inertia, and one would like to
know why this has happened to the community.
Both parents must work, and there is very
little time spent with children.

Anglo-Indians are mainly concentrated in the
low socio-economic areas.

65-66 Anglo-Indians 1 man and 1 woman 60-70 Christian

Bangalore 4 August

This couple lived in a slum in Lingarajapuram. They were
both educated in Anglo-Indian schools, but had found it
very difficult to find jobs and were living below the
poverty line, that is, Rs.800 per month.

67-68____1 Anglo-Indian woman and 1 Indian Christian man

30-50 Christian Bangalore 4 August

This couple were social workers who lived in the slum of
Lingarajapuram. The interview was one of the most
rewarding experiences of the field study. They were
committed to helping the community and to alleviating
poverty. Their decision to make their home among the poor
was Commonsensical, because they were then readily
available and "on the spot" to helping the Anglo-Indians
who lived in the slum, at a moment's notice. Both the
man and the woman were intelligent, well-informed and
articulate people. They were influential people with
access to information. They were committed to
alleviating poverty and raising educational standards.

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