The name is absent

I cannot say why.

163_______English woman 50-60 Christian Calcutta 9 August

She was a Loreto nun and the Principal of a school. She
was deeply interested in alleviating poverty in the
community through education. She did feel that

... education was necessary, but with poverty
staring you in the face, education is not the
main issue with many of the families. It is
to keep body and soul together.

164 Anglo-Indian woman 20 Christian Calcutta 13

August

She lived in a slum in Thilljallah. She was unemployed
and had dropped out of school when she was 14 years old.
She did domestic work occasionally.

165_______Anglo-Indian woman 40-50 Christian Calcutta 13

August

She lived in a slum in Thilljallah. She had attended a
"hill school" for a few years. The family had lost money
due to bad debts. She was articulate and resentful. She
said,

Why are you asking me about education, when I
don't know where my next meal is coming from?
Do the associations care about me? No, they
don't.

She was in a very depressed frame of mind.

166 Anglo-Indian woman 30-40 Christian Calcutta 13

August

She worked as a part-time typist in a firm in Calcutta.
She said,

Even with a small job it is so difficult to
save any money. Ofcourse, I never lived in a
place like this as a child, but I am forced
to do so now.

167 Anglo-Indian man 20-30 Christian Calcutta 13

August

He had dropped out of school at the age of 15, and was
unemployed. He was very depressed about his life, and
regretted that he "fooled around, and wasted time." He
also failed the Indian languages, and therefore was
forced to "repeat some classes".

168_______Anglo-Indian man 20-30 Christian Calcutta 13

August

He worked in a garage, and was the only person in the
slum who attended evening classes run by the local church

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