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Homely Tasks Before a Humble Maha Dwelling

HOMELY TASKS BEFORE A HUMBLE MAHA DWELLING

In the Maratha country, a district of Western India, live the Mahas, a privileged class who, because of a service rendered to some emperor of yore, receive every morning a free dole of bread. Their business is to collect the revenue and carry Government messages from village to village. The figures on the wall of this small home, whose inmates are Christians, denote the census number

Low-Caste Indians' Pathetic Indifference to Comfort

LOW-CASTE INDIANS' PATHETIC INDIFFERENCE TO COMFORT

A tiny yard to the left and a small chamber to the right complete this low-caste dwelling in North India. The family sleep behind the half-wall at the back, and the portable fireplace is the only furniture. All squatting on the bare floor, the veiled wife goes on sifting grain while her husband smokes his hookah and the children just do nothing