I would like to thank Falcao for recognizing his Indian ethnicity and heritage. However, he did not tell me what his nationality was. Is he presently a citizen of India or not? As far as I know, most people who reside in Goa presently have Indian nationality i.e. they are citizens of India. So when these residents refer to Indians they would be by definition referring to themselves. Regarding people of Indian heritage like me and Falcao who are living or have lived abroad, they are invariably recognized as ethnically Indian in their respective countries of residence, irrespective of which state of India they or their ancestors came from, and irrespective of which colonial power occupied the place of their birth at the time of their birth. For example the U.S. census bureau recognizes me and people like me as Asian Indian. Please see: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP8&prodType=table
In all official forms that asks details about my ethnicity or race I have had to write that I am an Asian Indian under pain of penalty for perjury. In the American popular press and every sphere of public life in the U.S. I am referred to as Indian American, and the vast majority of us are proud of this fact. Please see: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/asianamericans-graphics/indians/ http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/24/bobby-jindal-indian-americans-opinions-contributors_immigrants_minority.html Cheers, Santosh > On Saturday, December 14, 2013 6:18 AM, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com on Fri Dec 13 > 13:41:50 PST 2013 wrote: > > Is Falcao not an Indian? If so, what is his ethnic identity, > and what is his nationality? > > Cheers, Santosh > > RESPONSE: > > Falcão was not born in the Republic of India, so he cannot > be a born Indian. > > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ethnic > > eth·nic : a. Of, relating to, > or characteristic of a sizable group of people sharing a common and > distinctive > racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage. UNQUOTE. > > As far as ethnic identity is concerned, he shares characteristics > of a sizeable group of people sharing a common and distinctive, national, > religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage of Goa or Estado da India. > > As far as race is concerned, maybe descendent of Kadambas, > Shivaji, Dravidians, Aryans or the Portuguese themselves.Or maybe genes from > Uncle Timoja > > > > > Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. >
