Eugene, > I believe the topic was whether immigrants who have emigrated irrevocably should fiercely resist assimilation, when we know that the assimilation is already going on as our kids intermarry with other communities, and will accelerate the longer our families live here. > There is nothing wrong with recognizing and celebrating one's heritage. I don't know about your family, but, in a hundred years, our family will be a fraction of this and a fraction of that. In my never humble opinion, trying to resist the inevitable will have the same results as achieved by King Canute:-)) > Even though I'm not sure why I needed to be reminded of the achievements of Indians in Canada, which I was aware of in general, I appreciate your comprehensive list. There is no question that Indians have been in Canada far longer than they have been in the US which also explains why they are a couple of generations ahead in terms of being in political office. > I have always expressed the utmost pride in the achievements of Indians outside India, and only expressed regret that the conditions in India were such that so many had to leave India to do so. > For example, Lakshmi Mittal could never have reached where he has under India's mindless socialism. Nor could the other young Indian IT tycoons that populate the Silicon Valley. Fortunately, things are finally changing for the better in India and the brains are draining at a far slower rate. > > --- Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let me remind Mario that the Indian presence in > Canada > is more than 100 years old. The Sikhs were the > pioneers. > Today, the second- and third-generation Indians are > doing extremely in major fields. We have four MPs of > Indian origin who, I believe, are under 40, namely > Sukh Dhaliwal (Liberal) from British Columbai, > (Liberal), Ruby Dhalla (Liberal, Navdeep Bains > (Liberal) Ontario, Rahim Jaffer (Conservative) > Calgary, > The others such as Ujjal Dosanjh, Nina Grewal, > Deepka > Obhrai and Yasmin Ratansi are over 40. > Three are women, besides one woman in the Senata. > Good > progress for Indian women, besides the second > generation. > I am equally proud of Bobby JIndal to have followed > in > the footsteps of Dalip Singh Saund, from California, > who was elected in 1956, into the US Congress. > The Indian community in Canada has matured. The > future > looks very bright. > > Eugene Correia > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Goanet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org >
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