Babu

Traditional Rajasthan minstrels Babu and Seru annually travel to perform at the fair with their families. They have long been keen observers of the camel trade, and say a top camel can be worth 50,000 Indian rupees — just over $1,000.

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

BBMP doesn’t have any elected representatives right now. So a babu has floated this tender to benefit his favourite businessmen.

The Babu put on his cap and quietly dropped out of the window

Office babus are the real rulers of this country now. Our number's up. Best thing we can do is to shut up shop and let 'em stew in their own juice.

From the prevailing colonial perspective, the English of the babus was error-ridden and characterised by over-elaborate ornateness, and for these ‘transgressions’ it became the butt of native-speaker ridicule.