The name is absent



She was unable to spell. This is an example of her
written work in English:

M age is threen. My subjeck is Englisk and
Mathii. My bad subjeat is reeding. I like
to do drawis to tπy spead tine. I ame and
anglooinndia.

112 Anglo-Indian girl 12 Christian Calcutta 9

August

She could not write in English. She was also unable to
speak Hindi or any of the Indian languages. This is an
example of her written work in English:

I come to stuides mathas. My lav is English.

113 Anglo-Indian girl 17 Christian Calcutta 9 August

She was literate in English. She could write four words
in Hindi which amounted to "My name is----". She was

hoping to learn shorthand and typing. Her home town was
in Kharagpur which is a large railway junction in West
Bengal.

114 Anglo-Indian girl 11 Christian Calcutta 9 August

She could not write English:

My best subisy is Englihs. My bat subisy is
sums. I am a Angloindiana. My hometown is
Allbbad. (Allahabad)

115 Anglo-Indian girl 13 Muslim Calcutta 9 August

Her Anglo-Indian father had died and her mother had
remarried. She had converted to Islam. She lived in
Dhanbad. She had kept her Anglo-Indian surname, which
was British. She could read and write in English, and
her Hindi was fluent. She wanted to become a typist or a
hairdresser. She was the one exception among the Anglo-
Indian respondents who was not a Christian.

116______Anglo-Indian woman 19 Christian Calcutta 9

August

She could not write English. She was a dropout at the
age of 11 from an Anglo-Indian school, and had returned
to school at 13 because "there's too many problems".

Here is an example of her written work in English:

My best scubjet is English, I come to
Calcutta to study slort comprster (shorthand
and computers).

Her father was born in England.

117______Anglo-Indian girl 14 Christian Calcutta 9 August

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