Question

how does the author satirize the upbringing and education of the crown prince of indian states?

Answer 1

The author has effectively satirised the education and upbringing imparted to the crown prince of Indian states during those times through the Maharaja of Pratibandapuram. He describes how as a young boy the Maharaja drank the milk of an English cow, was brought up by an English nanny, tutored in English by an Englishman, saw nothing but English films — exactly as the crown princes of all the other Indian states did. There was nothing of his tradition or culture that was imparted to him. It was as though whatever was English was the best that could be available and anything Indian was not up to the mark.