Santhna Rama Rau, By Santha Rama Ru

Have you ever felt that people mistreated you so badly, just because you looked and acted differently? The story written from by Santha Rama Rau “by any other name” Focuses on two indian sisters named Permila and Santha who are at a new Anglo-indian school who faces the exact same thing. They’re enrolled in this british school because of their mother getting ill. Also the two sisters tried to adjust to their new school, but because they were indian they faced so much conflicts. One of them being having their names changed to an english one, so it would be simpler for everyone in the school to remember. Permila was changed to Pamela and santha to Cynthia. Just because the sisters are indian and have a different cultural identity compared to their british classmates, environment and teachers they faced conflicts like man vs man, man vs self and man vs society.
A type of conflict the sisters faced. because of their cultural identity. Is man
This is an example of man vs self because she is unsure of following her indian culture. Santha didn't know if she should bring her culture to the school. Furthermore, on paragraph 20 Santha didn't know how to play what the other kids were playing. Santha learned the game differently and she felt left out because she didn't know how to play the game the british way. Because of all these things happening to the sisters they question if indians are compatible for this