20 JUNE 1931, Page 16

INDIA : TWO POINTS OF VIEW

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

Sra,—It is imfortunate. that Mr. Thompson did not quote at least- a few of the mistakes he thinks we made in not inter- fering with some of the more objectionable of Indian customs. Take the adoption of young girls by dancing girls to follow their profession. The subject was actually raised nearly fifty years ago in the South of India and quietly dropped again, though clearly an offence under the Indian Penal Code. What would Mr. Thompson have done about it ? I was one of the smaller fry who did nothing.—I am, Sir, &c.,