"The missionaries do not ask us to practise costly rituals or change our lifestyles, languages or even our wardrobe. M…"

"They are working for conversion; we are working for education. Their plans are treacherous... Tribal culture ought to…"

"[Thus, the Nishi tribe in the North-East finds that in Christian mission schools] “a good many Nishi youths have been…"

"My informants insisted that the missions encouraged the establishment of separate settlements for Christians, and tha…"

"“Nishi teachers at the government high-school in Yazali, who were members of a youth organization formed to promote t…"

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

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

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

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

"Purity means cleanliness of mind and body; the latter is effected by the use of water etc. No nation in the world is …"