In By Any Other Name, the author tries to show the tension and discrimination she and he sister face in an Anglo-Indian school.
- During the colonial rule, the British setup schools based on the British curriculum in India, with education taught in English.
- In By Any Other Name, the author describes the tension between the Indian and British people.
- The conflict began when Premila examine the behaviours of British teachers towards them. She changed her point of view on British culture when a conflict between her and her teacher occurred in school.
- Premila was bothered that her teacher made her and other Indian classmates sit at the back of the room, separated by everyone else, and declared that Indians tend to cheat.
- Premila changed her perspective on British culture from positive to negative when her teacher putting a sarcastic cultural stereotype on her.
- Multiculturalism became one of the main themes in the memoir as it describes the cultural diversity from different countries and cultural backgrounds that come together in one place.
Therefore, we can conclude that the story the author portrayed in the memoir the British in India indicates the objection from Indians because of the absence of culture in school.
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