Calcutta has one of the largest Anglo-Indian populations in the world. This is a community with members who occupy a wide range of socio-economic positions and who live a variety of lives that are always nuanced by their being Anglo-Indian. However, the community has been conveniently stereotyped by the media. Christmas in Calcutta goes beyond the stereotype and delves deep in this study of the Anglo-Indian community in Calcutta. The book comprises life stories, memoir pieces and essays on issues of contemporary interest. It is organised into four sections: ‘Identity’ focuses on the origins, characteristics and the constitutional definition of the community; ‘Faith’, or specifically the practice of Christianity, is the subject of study in the second section; ‘Education’ points out some of the failings of the education system for the community; and the final section, ‘Community Care’, talks about Anglo-Indian care and the consolidation of their community through this care. By drawing on the vital lives of real individuals, the author hopes that there is a change to the lens through which these people of India are viewed. INDICE: Foreword Irwin Allan SealyPrefaceIntroductionI: IDENTITYAngeline: Typically Anglo-IndianEssay: Culture and IdentityIrene: Questions of IdentityII: FAITHDulcie: The Kindness of Strangers and an Everyday FaithEssay: A Christian Community in Changing TimesJane: God-given OpportunitiesIII: EDUCATIONPeter: The Less the Education the Fewer the OpportunitiesMichael Robertson: Education and the CommunityEssay: Reflections on Dilemmas in EducationPhilip: With Education Comes SuccessIV: COMMUNITY CAREPhilomena Eaton: Social Service Convenor ExtraordinaireEssay: Community Care and ConsolidationBarry O’Brien: Charismatic PoliticianMeryl: Life, Last Days and CareFinal Words: Reflections on Research and the CommunityBibliographyIndex
- ISBN: 978-8-1321-1348-5
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 264
- Fecha Publicación: 30/10/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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