THE ANGLO-INDIANS' CASE
Sta,—Mr. KirkpatriCk's letter in your issue of August 22nd gives a wrong impression of the Anglo-Indian population, I think. The "creation " of this community was, of. course, as he says. But its perpetuation is due, in ninety per cent. of cases at least, to intermarriage of Anglo-Indians. Very few, indeed, of these get into the schools mentioned, and they provide a much greater problem than the other small section, as, in most cases, they are both unwilling to migrate. and unsuitable too, as they are not readily adaptable to any change of conditions. Their future must lie in India as Indians. In many cases they have had special consideration which, on the whole, has done more harm than good. Probably their greatest need is the maintenance of the few and generally hard-up schools available for them.—Yours etc, A. H. A. EMPSON. Forest Road, Newport, Isle of Wight.
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