--- Vidyadhar Gadgil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally would agree with the view that when it > comes to marriage, > Indians in general (and this includes all castes and > creeds) are among > the most prejudiced of all people. Even using the > examples Fred gives > (Gujrati with Punjabi etc.), there are very few > people who marry outside > their own group, usually their own little sub-caste.
I quite agree to a point. The issues faced by Fijians of Indian descent prove it - the not-so-past political incidents in Fiji was as a result of Indians not mixing freely and identifying themselves with the local population even generations after their settlement. A recent documentary described a situation when a mistake was made in the maternity ward in Fiji, with the Indian child going to a Fijian couple, and a Fijian child to the Indian couple - the child with the Indian couple and the Indian mother were ostracised by the rest of the clan for obvious reasons. I don't know how these situations are in Surinam - there is a sizeable Indian population there. On the other hand, I have been told by a Brazilian girl that her great grand-father was a Goan who was married to an Ethiopian. Whether this is true or not I have no means to prove. Also, there is at least one Goan family who has had African ancestors. Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo. Melbourne - Goa. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com