dust-taking

Updated: May 5, 2025

My master, however, did not care to make an outward gift which would leave an inward obligation. To destroy self-respect is to destroy caste, was his idea. After signing the note, Panchu's obeisance to my master fell off considerably in its reverence the dust-taking was left out. It made my master smile; he asked nothing better than that courtesy should stoop less low.

Rabindranath Tagore - The Home and the World