no.095 - Talking about Indian mothers, they are ignornat of their importance
in raising their children; because due to unorganized household work, especially
among the poorer classes, they have no leisure or energy to devote any time to
this great task; because they are, when well-to-do, both idolent and careless,
seeming to think it their divine right to do nothing exept to give orders and
they are too lackadaisical even to see if their wishes are carried out.
European women, grand exeptions apart, set no good example; some of them stay
in the country for a while and then go back home, having the mentality of a
curious sighseer; those that stay in the land either remain aloof, shut up
in thier immediate circle,, or go Indian with a vengeance. Notheing is more
amusing than to see a tall, lanky, stiff-limbed blonde draped in an ill-fitting
sari and sporting a caste mark on their forehead. If this wer all, one would
smile and pass on; but hese women, wishing to be very, very friendly to Indians,
eat with their hand and lick their fingers with relish. You will find one sitting
cross-legged in a temple and listening rapurously to a priest who was mounting
pious nullities; there was another who consulted every palmist known to fame or
ill-fame; there was that third one who had adopted an Indian boy and lavished
every care on him, without ever realizing that he was dud; there was that forth
one, a woman of extraordinary talent, who lovingly put on canvas any Indian face
that sported a long beard; but let us end it here for it requires a book in
itself to do justice to the new type of white in India. These women are decidedly
becoming more Indian than the Indians.; they have nothing to teach their local
sisters. [next will no. 096]
Kind Regards!
Sunder T
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