People on this forum are still living under the delusions of Aryan/Dravidian theories? Hard to get over the Colonial hangover I must say..
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Santosh Helekar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > > > -- Sandesh
