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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Largely the rest of India, remains ignorant > about so-called East Indians from Mumbai, as the > only legitimate East Indians are those that come > from the East of India, who never refer to > themselves as such. > Mario responds: > The Indians from the east of India are "east" Indians, not "East Indians", which was nomenclature that was concocted by the East India Company to distinguish the Maharashtrian Catholics from the Goan and Mangalorean Catholics, hundreds of years ago. > Selma writes: > > East Indians use this term to distinguish themselves > from Maharashtrans, which is what their ethnicity > is. The East Indians I have met use it obliquely to > associate themselves with the West be it a subtle > reference to the East India Company, their sometime > bi-racial background or their Western lifestyle as a > result of their long association with the East India > Company. > Mario observes: > The oblique use you are referring to is your opinion, not a fact. I know a lot of East Indians like family, and see them every year. Those I know all call themselves ethnic Maharashtrians. They do not identify with the west any more than you do. Only with Christianity. None of them are bi-racial. Those would be Anglo-Indians. > BTW, why would anyone in India insinuate that they had a bi-racial background in India, where it is looked at askance, unless it was a fact? East Indians are no more bi-racial than you are. > Selma writes: > > I think they should take a page from the Siddis of > India and call themselves, Indians or Maharashtrans > otherwise years from today we may have a few more > ethnic groups emerging, such as Wiproities, > Infosyities or maybe even Callcenterites. > Mario responds: > The name was given to this community by the East India Company hundreds of years ago and is part of India's colorful multi-ethnic history, whether you like it or not. > Unlike your comical examples of "Wiproities (sic), Infosyities (sic) or maybe even Callcenterites", this community has a distinct Maharashtrian ethnic background as well as a distinct Catholic religious background that identifies them. > >From your comical examples I see you are running out of intellectual steam by descending into absurdity:-)) > _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org