"At a time when the British showed no particular enthusiasm for cleanliness, Indian women for example introduced Briti…"

""The fact that even smaller towns and villages had impressive drainage systems” remarks Kenoyer, “indicates that remo…"

"A surprising spirit of cleanliness is to be observed among the Hindoos: the streets of their villages are commonly sw…"

"Cleanliness was literally next to godliness in India; hygiene was not, as Anatole France thought it, la seule morale,…"

"The Brahman usually washed his hands, feet and teeth before and after each meal; he ate with his fingers from food on…"

"You would, my Arabella, be enraptured at the extreme neatness of even the meanest attendant; but besides the beauty a…"

"For their part, Indians and Asians considered Westerners puzzlingly dirty. To some extent, it was a matter of merocri…"

"When are we to get into the right path of devotion to god? When I ask this, the Brahmins dub us as atheists. Believin…"

"Under the guise of religion the Brahmin has his finger in every thing, big or small, which the Shudra undertakes. Go …"

"Of all the living creatures man is the most intelligent. It is man who created god, religion, philosophy and spiritua…"