“I could see Kana-babu's sweet-shop at the end of their lane with absolute clarity.”

“No, we are not saying that some famous Bengali babu is coming here to enlighten us on the finer aspects of their admirably rich tradition.”

“Their fantasy of Englishness did not include the literary Bengali babu, for whom they felt contempt and distrust.”

“The college in which we studied was in some ways an incubation chamber for babus.”

“But, cried the Oriental in him, babus do not travel far to retail compliments.”

“Every marriage pandal would have a bevy of babus doing a headcount of the invitees, the quantity of mutton, rice and sugar used for the preparations.”