quite fluently.
My best subject is civis, I come from Orissa
(Cuttack) and my foather work is as a ticket
collect, і come here to get a job.
128-151 24 Anglo-Indian girls aged 9 to 12. They were
all Christians and were interviewed on 9 August.
These 24 girls found it difficult to write down their
answers in English, and preferred verbal answers. Only
two of these girls could sing a song in Bengali. None of
these girls were interested in discussing any other
religion except Christianity. They all stated that they
"believed in Jesus Christ and that was very important".
152 Anglo-Indian man 40-50 Christian Calcutta 14
August
He was most concerned about the threat of dropping
English in the schools. According to this respondent the
community has not progressed because politics had
affected the community.
153 Anglo-Indian woman 30-40 Christian Calcutta 10
August
She did admit that the schools are willing to help
... the children with fees, books and
uniforms, but the Anglo-Indians do not want
to go to the schools. I think they do find
it rather difficult to keep up appearances,
and can sometimes only find the extra money
for just one child. It is difficult to go to
the schools when you live in a slum in the
same city. It's a vicious circle. The
schools have made little or no effort to
understand the plight of the Anglo-Indian
community in Calcutta.
She was a member of the Salesian Religious Order and was
given financial assistance by the Bishop to open a
kindergarten and a creche in a slum area. The order
frowned on her initiative and offered her assistance by
sending her a retired nun to help her. She had given
employment to Anglo-Indian women who assisted her in
running the creche and the kindergarten school.
154______Anglo-Indian man 30-40 Christian Calcutta 14
August
He was interviewed in an Anglo-Indian school in Calcutta.
He stated that the Anglo-Indian Associations do try to
make a contribution to the community, but
... these bodies could do more
(qualitatively) if there were qualified
personnel in them. What I mean is that the
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