Editor’s Note
Lynne Hadley
Hello Everyone,
The following article on Richard Rosario’s site
http://www.theangloindian.com was recently brought to our
notice:
“Are young Anglo-Indians being mis-led?
The World Anglo-Indian Association, a newly created body has
placed a post on Facebook sending a message to the youth of our
community.
An offer has been extended to the youth of our community
interested in demonstrating political advancement in their career
by grooming them to secure the two nominated seats in India's
Parliament.
While our site encourages Anglo-Indian interaction, holding no
personal affiliation to any particular body, we are of the opinion
that Anglo-Indian youth are likely to be misled in this process.
There are no bench marks or training tools to shape individuals
eager to become a Member of Parliament. You get nominated to
the position by the ruling party governing India at any given
period. If the WAIA's intent is honorable, then the program should
be implemented in an area that can uplift the skills of underprivileged
youth in our community. The program would benefit
them the most in securing suitable employment.
It is important to note that there currently exists, capable
upcoming members holding important positions within the All
India Anglo-Indian Association. The need of the hour is to support
these bright stars, who can lead our community into the future and
not cloud the mind of our youth with an un-chartered path. We've
witnessed years of division in our community and do not wish
another division in a generation that will soon carry the Anglo-
Indian torch.
Your comments are welcome.”
Reply to Mr. Rosario's doubt…
We beg to differ, Richard. Firstly, There
is indeed, a training tool available to
“... shape individuals eager to become
a Member of Parliament” - education.
It is our aim, once we have
established ourselves, to set up a
fund to aid young Anglo-Indians who
are interested in furthering their
education … no matter what area
they choose to study in. But it is also
our aim to encourage young Anglo-
Indians to “reach for the sky”. In
other words, to realize that while
historically, the majority of Anglo-
Indians have tended to fill
subordinate positions (some by
choice, others because there were no
opportunities or avenues for
advancement), there is no reason why
young Anglo-Indians can’t aspire to
break this cycle and become leaders
… not only within the Anglo-Indian
community.
From the Desk of Chris Rose
Founder-WAIA-online
www.world-angloindians.com
It takes me deeper and deeper into the woods of
our known friendship of each and every member of
the World Anglo Indian Association on line. All of
you my loyal members are united in this great and
mighty family, a re-union is a must as soon as each
one of you are ready with the events, areas and
time factor to hold the World Anglo Indian
Association Annual Day Celebrations in 2010.We
must unite and see that every single need of our
less fortunate Anglo Indians in India will be met at
any cost. No matter how small the contribution is,
in cash, kind or write-ups, we the World Anglo
Indian Association on line must go forward all the
way.
When I reflect, as I frequently do, upon the felicity
I have enjoyed, I say to myself, I would run again,
from beginning to end to see my people become an
outstanding community of love for one another. I
believe it’s Love that conquers all evil in this
world and it is never lost. If not reciprocate, it will
flow back and soften & purify the heart. I m proud
of my people our Anglo-Indians world-wide and I
wish to acknowledge, all the good wishes and
compliments paid to me by my well wishers and
friends. I’m humbled to know so many of our
people don’t have time or the resources to make
ends meet and yet they are here to welcome me
through their letters. There are many memories of
this extraordinary community that come to mind.
And I appeal to all and ask, ‘what are we doing to
prepare our people for the future? Isn’t it essential
to make policies that will prepare our children for a
modern future and not just leave it to chance?’
THE HIDDEN FACTS ON THE CREATION OF ANGLO INDIANS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS - PART ONE
Barbara Thyab Ali
Assistant Editor
The first Englishman in India was Ralph Fitch, an eccentric pre-romantic who came on foot in 1583 and explored India
for several years. In the decade following Fitch’s walk, Englishmen came to India in a steady trickle. Most of them
were merchants keen to emulate the successes of the Portuguese and Dutch in spice trade. The East India
Company was founded in London 1599 and in 1600 Queen Elizabeth granted a charter to “the Governor and the
company of merchants of London trading into the East Indies.
In 1611, discouraged by the Dutch and Portuguese control of the East Indies trade, the company opened a factory in
India at Machilipatnam, to deal in cotton and other fabrics. The following year Surat, near Bombay in Western
India, became the company’s Indian Headquarters. In 1615 King James I, sent Sir Thomas Roe as ambassador to the
court of the Mughal Emperor, Jahangir. His diplomatic skills also prevailed along other lines; he obtained trading
privileges for the company from the Emperor in exchange for providing Mughals with a Naval force to protect
pilgrims on their way to Mecca. His rapport with Jahangir and other Indians was prophetic, for over the centuries
where other aspiring merchants and colonists midst the Portuguese, Dutch, French and Danes- eventually failed,
the British usually prospered. British trade with India gradually increased by 1641, company factories had been set
up in Madras where the British built Fort St. George. Further expansion resulted from Emperor Shah Jahan’s
aversion to the Portuguese who had failed to support him against his father, Jahangir. The Portuguese were
forcibly driven from Hooghly, their major trading centre in Bengal and the company opened a factory there in
1650. In 1661, Bombay also became company territory, as part of the dowry King Charles II received when he
married a Portuguese princess, Catherine of Braganza.
Company employees flourished in the late 17th century. Elihu Yale (Boston Born) exemplifies his success, from a
writer/ clerk he raised sufficient capital to acquire merchant ships and privately invested in Javanese pepper to sell
in London, in due course he not only married into the English aristocracy but was appointed governor of Madras,
(1714 & 1718). He made small donations of books and textiles to the collegiate school in Saybrook, Connecticut,
the school that was chartered as Yale University in 1745.
In 1691 in a little village of Kalikata near Hooghly, Job Charnock, founded Calcutta, the city that was to become the
major seat of British Power in India. To protect the city with its lucrative access to the Bhagirathi and Ganges rivers
a convenient trade route up country. Fort William was built in 1696 and by 1701 the English Governor of Calcutta
was powerful enough to ban all Mughal ships from the port. The company was granted the privilege of collecting
taxes and administering justice in Calcutta and three nearby villages. Job Charnock married an Indian woman and
took pleasure in Indian food and Indian ways, typified of his generation. Attuned to cooler climates and home
grown bacteria, many of these rugged pioneers succumbed to fluxes and Tropical fevers.
It was possible to live extremely well in India and to retire to England rich as a Nawab. Stalwart young men of good
families now joined the company, brave young women soon followed, but a high percentage of them did not
survive more than a few monsoons, as is tragically apparent from the likened inscriptions in Calcutta’s grave yards.
1750 “Zenana” a type of Harem: All the East Indian council members of the Bengal council had “Zenanas” of three
to six concubines. Children born through these relationships were known as the India- Briton population,
Eurasians/ Anglo- Indians/ Lucos.
Official Anglo Indian Song composed by Terry Misra
A little more inspiration to ALL my Friends on WAIA, we have 1 of the greatest AI
singer's & recorder of all times...OUR one and only TERRY MISRA, from Down-Under.
Please welcome him to the FAMILY. He's here to keep our spirits up and rocking. He's
terrific! And has introduced The Official Anglo Indian track, 'I'm Anglo Indian', which
will be featured for the 2010 WAIA Day world-wide. Those of us, who are so privileged to
have Terry with us, please recognize him by making arrangements to be part of our
forthcoming fun day 2010.
We feel so honored to have such great talented people with us & we encourage all our
people to raise the toast to yet another achievement.
For more on Terry please visit our Talent page or catch him on
http://www.myspace.com/tez1051
Taking talent to the top...
Nurturing and encouraging those who are part
of our community around the world to realize
their full potential
Television and the internet constantly remind us
that an abundance of talent exists in our
societies. Entering talent shows and the
popularity of global media, like YouTube, are
giving previously unrecognized performers the
opportunity to delight audiences of many.
That’s great for show business, but is there also
a need for us to find and encourage our people
talent, and if so how should we go about it??
The debate has been going on for more than a
decade/decades.
Given history of Frank Anthony and
his successors….
I’ve been impressed by the innovation and
dedication shown by Chris and his Team, Babs
& Lynne's consistent encouragement of latent
talent that clearly exists and is eager to be used
to the full.
Who has overall responsibility for OUR
community talent? The long-term goal
however, is to create a pipeline of excellent
people who are given the opportunity to grow.
Recognizing and encouraging them to enhance
their skills in a win-win situation. The degree to
which this already happens will differ from
country to country, and the strategy of Chris
and his team is to go with the energy and
readiness.We need to share the values, vision, goals & mission of
Chris, which is why he has taken months of painstaking
R&D thus giving us the opportunity to connect and live
OUR values.
It’s important that we understand our current and future
needs in line with founders statement………
Regards,
Jen
Snippets from Anglo-Indian History
It’s not surprising to that British women might
have been a bit thin on the ground during the
early days, given the treatment suffered by the
unfortunate women who were shipped out to
Bombay:
The sanctimonious President and Council,
conveniently forgetting their own shabby
treatment of the unfortunate women,
threatened to extend to them, the treatment
normally meted out to common criminals:
‘And whereas’, they wrote to the Court, ‘you
give us notice that some of the women are
grown scandalous to our nation, religion, and
Government interest, we require you in the
Honorable Company’s name to give them all
faire warning that they do apply themselves to
a more sober and Christian conversation;
otherwise the sentence is this, that they shall be
confined totally of their liberty to go abroad,
and fed with bread and water (Ed: a treatment
normally meted out to common criminals), till
they are imbrued on board ship for England.’.
(Philip Anderson A.M. The English in Western
India, Smith, Elder and Co., Cornhill, 1856).
For more, join us on The WAIA website, www.world-angloindians.com
Monday, October 26, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
News Letter for the Month of August - 2009
Editor’s Note...
Dearest friends,
It’s beyond awesome the way we have gathered here under the banner of THE WAIA - online!! I must say I have been a networker for the past 5 yrs and have never seen anything like this in terms of growth of a community in so short a time! Needless to say a big THANK YOU from me & on behalf of all our members of the WAIA to CHRIS ROSE our founder of this site.
My greetings go out to all our Anglo-Indian friends here on WORLD ANGLO-INDIAN DAY being celebrated today, and here we are making history by publishing our first WAIA-Online NEWSLETTER and what better way to commemorate this day , a privilege indeed for us all !!
This first edition is going to be brief and with focus on some issues of the community in general and its betterment of it through all our generous members who have come forward to contribute. Look forward to more content and format change in forthcoming issues...till then please bear with us!
I wont take up much of your time, so just sit back n enjoy this issue & when done send me your feedback :))
Pauline Raina
Editor in Chief: - CHRIS ROSE
EDITOR; - PAULINE RAINA
ASST. EDITOR: - BARBARA THYAB ALI
CONTENT MANAGER: - JOSEPH MEAGHER
& Monthly Guest contributors
CHRIS ROSE
FOUNDER—WAIA –Online
Salutations! To each and every member, visitor and guest -to the World Anglo Indian Association - (WAIA) on line
I would like to welcome every one of you in person, so consider this as a one on one greeting. Thank you all for giving me this opportunity to unite our Anglo Indians who are world wide today and extending solid support, contributions and invitations that are bringing in more and more Anglo Indians around the globe to join us in strengthening the World Anglo Indian Association on line.
Sure all on this site will be spending more time to share, and its all the fun and frolic that us a community that’s so Anglo Indian. It’s very clear to note the bonding of our community through the various sections that are made open to all on the WAIA site.
You are all aware that the WAIA site was started on the 29th of June 2009: with much effort used to enable all our Anglo Indians world wide, to unite as one big Global Anglo Indian Family on the World Anglo Indian Association Site, on line. This is done with the intention of getting all of you in touch with those who are in need, and to help give them all a helping hand to come out of the horrible situations they are facing back in India till date. Many under privileged families are longing to accept your hand of help -no matter what help you are all ready to intend to them.
With such a remarkable re-union on this site, this clearly shows the on ding and that are indeed one big Global Anglo Indian Family, willing to walk hand in hand all the way to see our Anglo Indian Heritage live on till the end of time.
Yes, the fabulous response I have received from all of you when my call went out to come and join the WAIA, calls for a big 'Thank You' and you will all be remembered in the World Anglo Indian History as Anglo Indians who willingly united and cared to share what ever could be given to our less fortunate Anglo Indians in India today.
I wish to thank each and every one of you, once again for your time and efforts in making the WAIA on line the best and the most popular site it is today.
Thank you!!!
To Our Success Always!
Chris Rose
Our vision - is to achieve an organized, network of members who belong to the Anglo Indian community.
To support, develop, and retain talents of individuals, something that we, the mid older generation suffered from the lack thereof.
As part of providing a stepping stone into the future for the youth of our community, we extend this invitation of opportunity to our folks in the workforce, keeping in mind our priorities, the Under Privileged Anglo Indians, which complete the other half of our community.
The WAIA also welcomes other Anglo Indian Community Leaders around the world, to join us and enjoy, quality time, bonding and a moving forward towards the road of success & achievement!!
“UNITED WE STAY STRONGER WE GROW”
THE WORLD ANGLO INDIAN HISTORY—PART ONE
By Barbara Thyab Ali
The World Anglo Indians have made great contributions and sacrifices for the progress and development of India, especially in the field of ‘Education’ that cannot be described in words. They were/are, either good teachers and preachers or versatile technicians and artists .Of late Our community has been facing rough weather due to non-employment and poverty that has seeped into our community for no fault of ours. Merely admiring the loyalties and sincerity will not help our community .A wake up call is being sent now to one and all through out the Government of India right up to the House of Parliament, we Anglo-Indians need financial support and job opportunities especially those who are way below the poverty line.
Western Education (English Medium) was introduced in St. George’s Anglo Indian Orphanage and High School in 1754 followed by St John’s Vestry at Trichy in 1763.I am sure the rest was By Gone Anglo-Indian History, nice for each one of you to send in contributions of Educational Institutions that many of you are aware off through out India. This will be added in the New Indian History of the Future to be published in the Chapter of Anglo – Indians, their Creation and Contribution to India from the day that the Europeans laid foot on Our Mother Land-India.
According to Indian History the first train in India had hauled earth in 1851.It was the Anglo-Indians who worked the entire “Railway System”-who slogged in all areas and who trained and guided the local non Anglo- Indians under them. The Anglo-Indians being loyal to their duty was the cause of what “The Railways’ in India are what it is till date .Two years later the passenger train powered by a steam locomotive was introduced on April 16th 1853.To mark that historic event, a stamp depicting steam engines of 1853 and the one then being used was released on the same day i.e. 16th April but a hundred years later, in 1953. Gone were the days when the Anglo-Indians worked the Railways.
Sports and Hockey in India grew due to the greatest hockey playing entity the world will ever know- The Anglo-Indian Community of - Our Mother Land India till date. The famous railway centers and colonies were nothing but Anglo- Indians and even Europeans who shared a life of greatness and oneness that many a member on The World Anglo Indian Association site will only know. Dot down your memories and keep sending them in, so that this can be published in the newsletters from this day onwards. The British occupation from the 17th century onwards has left The Anglo-Indian population in the status of “Orphans” where many are concerned. Unlike the Portuguese who stood by all they fathered with Non-Anglo – Indian Women till date.
Yet, all because of our trust in God, being strong, we Anglos have taken life as it comes along. One day at a time, never worried about a bank account, or a roof over our head. No worries no cares, never a problem too big to be handled. We live for today and let tomorrow take care of itself. We are the type who did not bother to hood up for our future years in India till date. That is the main reason All the Anglo Indians left back in India are suffering much in general. In the past all held good postings in the Government of India. Post and telegraphs, transport, customs and ports, naval and air forces, police and military too. Life in the early days had been austere. Many Anglo Indians were “writers” as company employees were called; many were able to buy shares in the mines during the ‘Quit India’ Movement, but later all these mines were taken over by the Government of India just like that. The same share holders were forced to leave India and work in mines else where. ……To be continued in my next edition.
Anglo Indian Talent
Every month we will feature one of our talented members, be they artists, singers, poets, authors etc;….we are definitely a blessed community to have so many gifted individuals amidst us.
Today we are proud to present BRIDGET WHITE –KUMAR
Here is what Bridget has to tell us:
I am an Anglo-Indian and I was born and brought up in Kolar Gold Fields, a small mining town in Karnataka , India , which had quite a sizable European and Anglo- Indian population. Messrs. John Taylor and Sons a British Mining Company owned the K G F Mines for more than a century since 1852. Four generations of Anglo-Indian families lived and worked there and K. G. F. was well known for its Colonial ambience.
You will be pleased to know that I've brought out 5 Recipe Books on exclusive Anglo-Indian Cuisine. This is my small way of trying to preserve the culture of the community through its culinary delights. I have written the books under my maiden name of Bridget White for easy identification as a member of the Anglo-Indian community. This Collection of Recipes is compiled with the intention of reviving the old tastes of the Colonial Era which is slowly getting eroded.
Due to the influences of various factors, Colonial Cuisine, which is a gourmet’s delight, is slowly getting extinct. In these days of fast foods and instant mixes, many people do not find the time to cook even a simple meal everyday, leave alone the old traditional dishes while many others do not know how to prepare them. In a world fast turning into a Global Village, with many Anglo-Indians migrating away from India and the younger generation not showing interest in our old traditional food, I felt that it had therefore become imperative to preserve those very authentic tastes and flavors and record for future generations the unique heritage of the pioneers of this cuisine.
This Collection of Recipes in 5 Books is therefore compiled with the intention of reviving and preserving the old Anglo-Indian Flavors and tastes of the Colonial Era, thereby preserving its culinary heritage. Many of the dishes featured in my books were prepared by the older generation and are now almost forgotten. Moreover these old traditional recipes are not found in any other typical Indian Cookery Book.
Anglo-Indian Cuisine has taken the best of both European and Indian Cuisine and altered it by adding, or substituting some of the ingredients so that a completely different cuisine was evolved over hundreds of years. Many of the dishes have rhyming alliterative names like Dodol, kalkal, Ding-Ding etc. The very nomenclature of the dishes is unique and original and synonymous only to the Anglo-Indian Community. I have endeavored to cover all areas of our community’s cuisine, including the traditional Christmas goodies.
Many of the dishes have a unique History behind their existence. The very popular and familiar curry dish “Vindaloo” is derived from the Portuguese word “Vinha De Alhos” i.e. from the 2 main ingredients in it, which were "Vinho", meaning wine or wine vinegar, and "Alhos", meaning garlic. It was originally vinegar and garlic based watery stew made with pork or meat in Portugal. However after the Portuguese introduced it in India, it was completely revamped with the addition of spices and chilies, and over the years it has become one of the spiciest and most popular curry dishes all over the world. Vindaloo is not as thick as a Korma and it does not have as much gravy as other curries. It also requires quite a lot of oil in its preparation and tastes wonderful if eaten a day or two after it is cooked since the vinegar and other flavors soak into the dish. The pungency of the dish can be reduced or increased according to taste by adding or lessening the chilly powder. However, care should be taken not to lose the vinegar flavor, because Vindaloo get its special taste only because of the vinegar in it. It can be prepared with meat, pork, poultry, seafood, also vegetables such as brinjals, potatoes, peas etc).
Grandma’s Country Captain Chicken was a very popular dish during Colonial times since it was very easy to prepare. In those days, the poultry used in its preparation were authentic well-fed, homegrown country chickens, which would take at least 2 hours to cook over a firewood oven, but the curry when done, would be rich and delicious.
I invite you all to please visit my blog http://anglo-indianfood.blogspot.com/
to know more about my books and more recipes available there, and if I’m not on your friends list please feel free to add me, would love to meet you !
http://www.world-angloindians.com/profile/BridgetKumar
Thank you Newsletter team for featuring me, I am honored indeed.
Warm regards
Bridget White-Kumar
There you are folks!! One interesting person is Bridget; hope you enjoyed reading up on her and her mouth watering recipes we Anglo’s are so famous for!
Till next month, watch out for the next featured person! It May Be You!!
Have fun n keep smiling.....
Till we meet again......
Regards,
Chris Rose & The WAIA Newsletter Team
Dearest friends,
It’s beyond awesome the way we have gathered here under the banner of THE WAIA - online!! I must say I have been a networker for the past 5 yrs and have never seen anything like this in terms of growth of a community in so short a time! Needless to say a big THANK YOU from me & on behalf of all our members of the WAIA to CHRIS ROSE our founder of this site.
My greetings go out to all our Anglo-Indian friends here on WORLD ANGLO-INDIAN DAY being celebrated today, and here we are making history by publishing our first WAIA-Online NEWSLETTER and what better way to commemorate this day , a privilege indeed for us all !!
This first edition is going to be brief and with focus on some issues of the community in general and its betterment of it through all our generous members who have come forward to contribute. Look forward to more content and format change in forthcoming issues...till then please bear with us!
I wont take up much of your time, so just sit back n enjoy this issue & when done send me your feedback :))
Pauline Raina
Editor in Chief: - CHRIS ROSE
EDITOR; - PAULINE RAINA
ASST. EDITOR: - BARBARA THYAB ALI
CONTENT MANAGER: - JOSEPH MEAGHER
& Monthly Guest contributors
CHRIS ROSE
FOUNDER—WAIA –Online
Salutations! To each and every member, visitor and guest -to the World Anglo Indian Association - (WAIA) on line
I would like to welcome every one of you in person, so consider this as a one on one greeting. Thank you all for giving me this opportunity to unite our Anglo Indians who are world wide today and extending solid support, contributions and invitations that are bringing in more and more Anglo Indians around the globe to join us in strengthening the World Anglo Indian Association on line.
Sure all on this site will be spending more time to share, and its all the fun and frolic that us a community that’s so Anglo Indian. It’s very clear to note the bonding of our community through the various sections that are made open to all on the WAIA site.
You are all aware that the WAIA site was started on the 29th of June 2009: with much effort used to enable all our Anglo Indians world wide, to unite as one big Global Anglo Indian Family on the World Anglo Indian Association Site, on line. This is done with the intention of getting all of you in touch with those who are in need, and to help give them all a helping hand to come out of the horrible situations they are facing back in India till date. Many under privileged families are longing to accept your hand of help -no matter what help you are all ready to intend to them.
With such a remarkable re-union on this site, this clearly shows the on ding and that are indeed one big Global Anglo Indian Family, willing to walk hand in hand all the way to see our Anglo Indian Heritage live on till the end of time.
Yes, the fabulous response I have received from all of you when my call went out to come and join the WAIA, calls for a big 'Thank You' and you will all be remembered in the World Anglo Indian History as Anglo Indians who willingly united and cared to share what ever could be given to our less fortunate Anglo Indians in India today.
I wish to thank each and every one of you, once again for your time and efforts in making the WAIA on line the best and the most popular site it is today.
Thank you!!!
To Our Success Always!
Chris Rose
Our vision - is to achieve an organized, network of members who belong to the Anglo Indian community.
To support, develop, and retain talents of individuals, something that we, the mid older generation suffered from the lack thereof.
As part of providing a stepping stone into the future for the youth of our community, we extend this invitation of opportunity to our folks in the workforce, keeping in mind our priorities, the Under Privileged Anglo Indians, which complete the other half of our community.
The WAIA also welcomes other Anglo Indian Community Leaders around the world, to join us and enjoy, quality time, bonding and a moving forward towards the road of success & achievement!!
“UNITED WE STAY STRONGER WE GROW”
THE WORLD ANGLO INDIAN HISTORY—PART ONE
By Barbara Thyab Ali
The World Anglo Indians have made great contributions and sacrifices for the progress and development of India, especially in the field of ‘Education’ that cannot be described in words. They were/are, either good teachers and preachers or versatile technicians and artists .Of late Our community has been facing rough weather due to non-employment and poverty that has seeped into our community for no fault of ours. Merely admiring the loyalties and sincerity will not help our community .A wake up call is being sent now to one and all through out the Government of India right up to the House of Parliament, we Anglo-Indians need financial support and job opportunities especially those who are way below the poverty line.
Western Education (English Medium) was introduced in St. George’s Anglo Indian Orphanage and High School in 1754 followed by St John’s Vestry at Trichy in 1763.I am sure the rest was By Gone Anglo-Indian History, nice for each one of you to send in contributions of Educational Institutions that many of you are aware off through out India. This will be added in the New Indian History of the Future to be published in the Chapter of Anglo – Indians, their Creation and Contribution to India from the day that the Europeans laid foot on Our Mother Land-India.
According to Indian History the first train in India had hauled earth in 1851.It was the Anglo-Indians who worked the entire “Railway System”-who slogged in all areas and who trained and guided the local non Anglo- Indians under them. The Anglo-Indians being loyal to their duty was the cause of what “The Railways’ in India are what it is till date .Two years later the passenger train powered by a steam locomotive was introduced on April 16th 1853.To mark that historic event, a stamp depicting steam engines of 1853 and the one then being used was released on the same day i.e. 16th April but a hundred years later, in 1953. Gone were the days when the Anglo-Indians worked the Railways.
Sports and Hockey in India grew due to the greatest hockey playing entity the world will ever know- The Anglo-Indian Community of - Our Mother Land India till date. The famous railway centers and colonies were nothing but Anglo- Indians and even Europeans who shared a life of greatness and oneness that many a member on The World Anglo Indian Association site will only know. Dot down your memories and keep sending them in, so that this can be published in the newsletters from this day onwards. The British occupation from the 17th century onwards has left The Anglo-Indian population in the status of “Orphans” where many are concerned. Unlike the Portuguese who stood by all they fathered with Non-Anglo – Indian Women till date.
Yet, all because of our trust in God, being strong, we Anglos have taken life as it comes along. One day at a time, never worried about a bank account, or a roof over our head. No worries no cares, never a problem too big to be handled. We live for today and let tomorrow take care of itself. We are the type who did not bother to hood up for our future years in India till date. That is the main reason All the Anglo Indians left back in India are suffering much in general. In the past all held good postings in the Government of India. Post and telegraphs, transport, customs and ports, naval and air forces, police and military too. Life in the early days had been austere. Many Anglo Indians were “writers” as company employees were called; many were able to buy shares in the mines during the ‘Quit India’ Movement, but later all these mines were taken over by the Government of India just like that. The same share holders were forced to leave India and work in mines else where. ……To be continued in my next edition.
Anglo Indian Talent
Every month we will feature one of our talented members, be they artists, singers, poets, authors etc;….we are definitely a blessed community to have so many gifted individuals amidst us.
Today we are proud to present BRIDGET WHITE –KUMAR
Here is what Bridget has to tell us:
I am an Anglo-Indian and I was born and brought up in Kolar Gold Fields, a small mining town in Karnataka , India , which had quite a sizable European and Anglo- Indian population. Messrs. John Taylor and Sons a British Mining Company owned the K G F Mines for more than a century since 1852. Four generations of Anglo-Indian families lived and worked there and K. G. F. was well known for its Colonial ambience.
You will be pleased to know that I've brought out 5 Recipe Books on exclusive Anglo-Indian Cuisine. This is my small way of trying to preserve the culture of the community through its culinary delights. I have written the books under my maiden name of Bridget White for easy identification as a member of the Anglo-Indian community. This Collection of Recipes is compiled with the intention of reviving the old tastes of the Colonial Era which is slowly getting eroded.
Due to the influences of various factors, Colonial Cuisine, which is a gourmet’s delight, is slowly getting extinct. In these days of fast foods and instant mixes, many people do not find the time to cook even a simple meal everyday, leave alone the old traditional dishes while many others do not know how to prepare them. In a world fast turning into a Global Village, with many Anglo-Indians migrating away from India and the younger generation not showing interest in our old traditional food, I felt that it had therefore become imperative to preserve those very authentic tastes and flavors and record for future generations the unique heritage of the pioneers of this cuisine.
This Collection of Recipes in 5 Books is therefore compiled with the intention of reviving and preserving the old Anglo-Indian Flavors and tastes of the Colonial Era, thereby preserving its culinary heritage. Many of the dishes featured in my books were prepared by the older generation and are now almost forgotten. Moreover these old traditional recipes are not found in any other typical Indian Cookery Book.
Anglo-Indian Cuisine has taken the best of both European and Indian Cuisine and altered it by adding, or substituting some of the ingredients so that a completely different cuisine was evolved over hundreds of years. Many of the dishes have rhyming alliterative names like Dodol, kalkal, Ding-Ding etc. The very nomenclature of the dishes is unique and original and synonymous only to the Anglo-Indian Community. I have endeavored to cover all areas of our community’s cuisine, including the traditional Christmas goodies.
Many of the dishes have a unique History behind their existence. The very popular and familiar curry dish “Vindaloo” is derived from the Portuguese word “Vinha De Alhos” i.e. from the 2 main ingredients in it, which were "Vinho", meaning wine or wine vinegar, and "Alhos", meaning garlic. It was originally vinegar and garlic based watery stew made with pork or meat in Portugal. However after the Portuguese introduced it in India, it was completely revamped with the addition of spices and chilies, and over the years it has become one of the spiciest and most popular curry dishes all over the world. Vindaloo is not as thick as a Korma and it does not have as much gravy as other curries. It also requires quite a lot of oil in its preparation and tastes wonderful if eaten a day or two after it is cooked since the vinegar and other flavors soak into the dish. The pungency of the dish can be reduced or increased according to taste by adding or lessening the chilly powder. However, care should be taken not to lose the vinegar flavor, because Vindaloo get its special taste only because of the vinegar in it. It can be prepared with meat, pork, poultry, seafood, also vegetables such as brinjals, potatoes, peas etc).
Grandma’s Country Captain Chicken was a very popular dish during Colonial times since it was very easy to prepare. In those days, the poultry used in its preparation were authentic well-fed, homegrown country chickens, which would take at least 2 hours to cook over a firewood oven, but the curry when done, would be rich and delicious.
I invite you all to please visit my blog http://anglo-indianfood.blogspot.com/
to know more about my books and more recipes available there, and if I’m not on your friends list please feel free to add me, would love to meet you !
http://www.world-angloindians.com/profile/BridgetKumar
Thank you Newsletter team for featuring me, I am honored indeed.
Warm regards
Bridget White-Kumar
There you are folks!! One interesting person is Bridget; hope you enjoyed reading up on her and her mouth watering recipes we Anglo’s are so famous for!
Till next month, watch out for the next featured person! It May Be You!!
Have fun n keep smiling.....
Till we meet again......
Regards,
Chris Rose & The WAIA Newsletter Team
News Letter for the Month of September - 2009
News Letter for the Month of September - 2009
Editor’s Note
Hi Everyone…
“No exercise is better for the human heart than reaching down and lifting another up”.
- John Andrew Holmes
Pondering on these words of wisdom, I am touched by the similarity of the spirit that is behind the formation of the WAIA – online and this quote. Reading over the interview featured below with Chris, you will feel the essence of it too I’m sure.
We are 2000 strong already…no simple feat!! Awesome I would say and reiterate again that I have never seen such growth in my 5 yr tenure online! And we will continue to grow more with the passing of time, thanks to modern day technology that has shrunk the world and we can reach out and touch each others lives like never before!!
With this our 2nd edition, we are trying to bring you all that we can cover in this format…and are still working out at bringing out the newsletter in a much more sophisticated form and I am sure in time that too will be achieved.
Thank you for all the feedback we received at the newsletter forum, it was encouraging for us as a team even though we had our share of hiccups LOL but you were so gracious to come in and give us pats on the back for doing what we did. Pray for us to do better n better till it’s the BEST 'cause we want you to have the best of this community we call ANGLO-INDIANS!!!! Proud to be one myself…..are you???
Signing off for now….talk to you again next month, same time same place! Have a blessed month
Pauline
In conversation with Chris Rose
Founder-WAIA-online
www.world-angloindians.com
PR: So good to be able to do this interview with you
Chris....................Thanks for your time.
CHRIS: Not at all, the pleasure is mine; this is the least I can do for my community.
PR: Tell us a little about yourself & family where you from in India and how did you get to settle in Canada?
CHRIS: Well, I was born in Bandikui (Rajasthan) a well known AI hub in those years, studied in Barnes & then St Mary’s Mt Abu. Since Dad was in the Railways & was transferred to Baroda, I completed my collage there. Worked in Dubai for a bit in the early 80's and then moved on to join the Cruise Liners in Miami. Sailed for almost 12 years, until one day our ship got stuck in the thick of ice & had to anchor. Inspired by Christopher Columbus, we all thought we had reached India & called it home, not knowing we were in Canada.
PR: What inspired you to create WAIA?
CHRIS: My dream was always to help the less fortunate & the under privileged families in our community & consider them part of us. In order to make this happen, my first step was to get the entire community together & work together in wiping out poverty. This comes as a great challenge, but never the less, I am here to do it with the support of everybody.
PR: Do you realize the impact of what you are doing with WAIA..?
CHRIS: Yes I do, I get 300 emails a day from all the AI sites I handle, and not all are from my Rose garden. I have members who consider me a good fit to be the next Frank Anthony, but others feel I’m a threat & must be wiped out.
The negative impression of people always inspires me to take that step forward bringing me closer to my dream.
PR: What is your vision for WAIA?
CHRIS: Its all cut & dry,
Bringing the community together,
• Wiping out poverty,
• Amendment of the Constitution of India,
• Educating our younger generation to be Political Leaders,
• Keeping what we have & fighting for what we have lost.
• Most of all, finishing what Mr. Frank Anthony left incomplete.
PR: What can members do to help you take WAIA to the next level?
CHRIS: Like I have always mentioned, the WAIA is not here to put their hands into the pockets of anyone, yes we do need the support and intend to get it through mutual involvement. The WAIA has planned on opening a Trust, as many of our members have stepped forward to contribute on their own free will. We also plan to open a page for members to post their advertisements, and if you feel that a certain percent must be donated to the WAIA Fund, you will be blessed. This whole project will be handled by myself & will be transparent for everybody to see how the funds are being handled.
PR: Where do you see WAIA say 5 yrs from now?
CHRIS: Since we are on the right track, if everybody steps in to do their bit, and if the AIAIA joins hands with the WAIA, believe me, I promise everyone MISSION AI would be a success, wiping out poverty within the community.
PR: Is there anything else you would like to add...?
CHRIS: The World Anglo Indian Day 2010, this event is in the making, we have a year to plan. Let’s get going, the page is listed under events, and we need everybody’s input to make this a success, just like the other AI Reunions. I have already got members who have come forward to contribute to the occasion, but we need more, Lets Do it.
Well Chris...we sure got to know you & your heart better, as I am sure many members don't know you that closely but now we do...thank you once again for sparing the time to do this for us.
SPOTLIGHT ARTIST FOR THE MONTH
SABRINA M. ABINESH
I have been painting since I was a child. I have never taken any professional course in painting. My paintings are mostly focused on human figures; abstract and old Indian culture like the Mogul paintings.
Sometimes, these artifacts make us wistful and help us go back in time. They free us, however momentarily, from the shackles of postmodern relativity and enable us to endure a transcendental experience, an experience that lends meaning to existence. Painting for me is just a hobby and I want to stick to that. I do it just to satisfy myself and never expect anything out of it.
My primary medium is acrylic on canvas but I also love painting with oils. They are rich and luminous when at their best, and they can produce fabulous texture and depth of colour. I've always been interested in good abstract work, It doesn't really have techniques of application that are any different to conventional paintings though.
All thanks to my dear husband Abinesh who has been my pillar of support and it is he who has inspired me to kick-start my painting after a break of almost 15 years.
Please visit Sabrina’s blog to see more of her awesome paintings click SABI’S ART
http://www.world-angloindians.com/profiles/blogs/sabis-art
Our Vision
• Our vision is to achieve an organized, network of members who belong to the Anglo Indian community.
• To support, develop, and retain talents of individuals, something that we, the mid older generation suffered from the lack thereof.
• As part of providing a stepping stone into the future for the youth of our community, we extend this invitation of opportunity to our folks in the workforce, keeping in mind our priorities, the Under Privileged Anglo Indians, which complete the other half of our community.
• The WAIA also welcomes other Anglo Indian Community Leaders around the world, to join us and enjoy, quality time, bonding and a moving forward towards the road of success & achievement!!
THE WORLD ANGLO INDIAN HISTORY
PART TWO
Barbara Thyab Ali
Since Britain was no longer a great power, economically and militarily-the Brightest Jewel in the British Crown got it’s independence in 1947 15th August. However, the class of landed aristocracy that the British had created through the permanent settlement stood by its master in that moment of trial. They began to shun the Anglo Indians out of revenge and disgust of the British.
The rebellion in 1857 saw the end of the company’s rule in India. Power was transferred to the British crown in 1857 by the Act of British Parliament. The Crown’s Viceroy in India was t o be the chief executive. The army was reorganized with a far greater number of British officer’s than had been the case hither to. No Indian was allowed to rise to an officer’s position until the second decade of the 20th century. The higher posts in most administrative departments were reserved for the British subjects of the Crown. Yet they had forsaken all “The Anglo Indians” before they left and ran off when the Congress gave a call to all Indians right from 1942-to ensure that the British ”Quit India”-which they did in 1947 when India Our Mother Land too, got it’s “Independence” leaving many an Anglo Indian Orphaned till date. This is the fate of all our needy Anglos in India till date.
Britain certainly was no longer a great power, economically and militarily. The new great powers, the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R, were both in favors of seeing India a free nation. There was growing support for India’s demand for independence even in Britain; many sections of the Labour Party were in sympathy with the demand. “The brightest jewel in the British Crown” got its independence in 1947 15th August. However, class of landed aristocracy that the British had created through the permanent settlement stood by its master in that moment of trial.
The Rebellion in 1857 pursued discriminatory policies against the Muslims; they were denied opportunities of employment in the governments well as modern education to ensure that they remained backward compared to the Hindus and thus for ever in contention with them. The Rebellion saw the end of the Company’s rule in India. Power was transferred to the British Crown in 1858 by an Act of British Parliament. The Crown’s Viceroy in India was to be the Chief Executive. The army was reorganized with a far greater number of British Officers than had been the case hither to.
No Indian was allowed to rise to an officer’s position until the second decade of the 20th century. The higher posts in most administrative departments were reserved for the British subjects of the Crown. The British were also better armed and had more efficient and quicker means of communications, the railways and telegraph among them. Enthusiasm for imparting modern education to Indians too began to ware and university education remained confined for a long time to three cities – Kolkata – Mumbai & Madras where universities had been established in 1857.
We have to take note of the fact that long before the European wars came to an end, Europeans had visited most parts of the globe. The first almanac of navigation tables was published in 1478, the Portuguese seized Goa in 1510, by 1542 they’d reached Japan and by 1511 – 1513 they’d conquered as far a field as the Malaccas and Moluccas besides setting up slave bases around Mozambique. The Dutch were on their tails shortly after and a little known fact is that the majority of their sailors were German and Spanish, besides a variety of European renegades.
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Dear Chris,
You and your team deserve appreciation for putting together WAIA. Maybe in times past we considered ourselves to small to start thinking big. I am amazed why no one ever thought on these lines all these many years. Anyhow the community has come a long long way and if WAIA and the larger family move at the present momentum the community at large can expect, to say the least, great developments. Not overlooking the fact that many in our community established themselves in so many ways there remained many who regretfully did not make it, for some reason or the other and others because they lacked opportunity and a genuine helping hand.
I am encouraged when I see so many well positioned and well intentioned among our community stepping forward to extend that helping, giving hope to those among us who have what it takes to make the grade and a better life for ourselves, & our dear ones and in time to come help others in the community.
I am especially touched by the prayer cell which occupies a special place .It is a recognition that we need the presence and blessings of God in our lives always and the only way we can reach Him is through prayer. All we are and ever will be in the future is purely reliant on the ever abiding Grace of God….Amen!!
I pray that God will look kindly on the WAIA family and give it strength, courage; help guidance and determination to do what it possibly can and leave God to do His will.
Eric John Aikin.
New Delhi
Hi Chris
The Newsletter sure made interesting reading. Kudos to you and your Team for all the time and effort put in to bringing out this super piece of work. Keep up the fantastic work and may God bless and guide each one of you ..........and AI’s the world over to come forward with articles, poems, whatever to help make the Newsletter a "must-read”!!!
Bye for now, am already looking forward to the next edition - till then
Take care
Linda Allen
Chris, Pauline,
Congratulations on this website and all that it is and can be. You have combined hard work, brilliant ideas and technology to come up with a way of shrinking the distance between Anglo Indians scattered around the globe. I hope that all of us members prove worthy of our membership and one of the best outcomes would be to help the less fortunate of our community.
WELL DONE!!
Stephen Edwards
HI Chris,
Thanks for caring enough to get this site off and running. My kids say that we are the pioneering generation - making new lives overseas. I think it goes far beyond this. Our parents and those before them had to forge ahead too. We have integrated the best way we can, holding on to all that is good from our heritage and absorbing the best from our ' second homes' wherever that may be. I took my adult kids to India and they want to know more about their heritage. I shall direct them to your website. Thanks again, you have done yourself and community very proud.
Very appreciative
Colleen Wood
“HELP US HELP YOU”
Last but not least, it is the administrations heart to keep the community clean and free of such elements that cause nothing but discord and disrespect within the community. The admin has put into place a watchdog group to sniff out any such individuals who will be harassment to members and a hazard to the smooth running of the community as a whole. It is our earnest request that you help us maintain a cordial and peaceful atmosphere here in the community so that all joining might feel right at home on seeing the community spirit that will be displayed all over the site. All members are requested to maintain a strict code of conduct in the chat rooms and other postings at blogs, forums etc; your co operation in this regard will be highly appreciated, and we thank all those who are already working hard and helping us maintain such an atmosphere & community spirit.
THE NEWSLETTER TEAM
Editor in Chief:
CHRIS ROSE
Editor:
PAULINE RAINA
Asst Editor:
BARBARA THYAB ALI
& Monthly Guest contributors
Editor’s Note
Hi Everyone…
“No exercise is better for the human heart than reaching down and lifting another up”.
- John Andrew Holmes
Pondering on these words of wisdom, I am touched by the similarity of the spirit that is behind the formation of the WAIA – online and this quote. Reading over the interview featured below with Chris, you will feel the essence of it too I’m sure.
We are 2000 strong already…no simple feat!! Awesome I would say and reiterate again that I have never seen such growth in my 5 yr tenure online! And we will continue to grow more with the passing of time, thanks to modern day technology that has shrunk the world and we can reach out and touch each others lives like never before!!
With this our 2nd edition, we are trying to bring you all that we can cover in this format…and are still working out at bringing out the newsletter in a much more sophisticated form and I am sure in time that too will be achieved.
Thank you for all the feedback we received at the newsletter forum, it was encouraging for us as a team even though we had our share of hiccups LOL but you were so gracious to come in and give us pats on the back for doing what we did. Pray for us to do better n better till it’s the BEST 'cause we want you to have the best of this community we call ANGLO-INDIANS!!!! Proud to be one myself…..are you???
Signing off for now….talk to you again next month, same time same place! Have a blessed month
Pauline
In conversation with Chris Rose
Founder-WAIA-online
www.world-angloindians.com
PR: So good to be able to do this interview with you
Chris....................Thanks for your time.
CHRIS: Not at all, the pleasure is mine; this is the least I can do for my community.
PR: Tell us a little about yourself & family where you from in India and how did you get to settle in Canada?
CHRIS: Well, I was born in Bandikui (Rajasthan) a well known AI hub in those years, studied in Barnes & then St Mary’s Mt Abu. Since Dad was in the Railways & was transferred to Baroda, I completed my collage there. Worked in Dubai for a bit in the early 80's and then moved on to join the Cruise Liners in Miami. Sailed for almost 12 years, until one day our ship got stuck in the thick of ice & had to anchor. Inspired by Christopher Columbus, we all thought we had reached India & called it home, not knowing we were in Canada.
PR: What inspired you to create WAIA?
CHRIS: My dream was always to help the less fortunate & the under privileged families in our community & consider them part of us. In order to make this happen, my first step was to get the entire community together & work together in wiping out poverty. This comes as a great challenge, but never the less, I am here to do it with the support of everybody.
PR: Do you realize the impact of what you are doing with WAIA..?
CHRIS: Yes I do, I get 300 emails a day from all the AI sites I handle, and not all are from my Rose garden. I have members who consider me a good fit to be the next Frank Anthony, but others feel I’m a threat & must be wiped out.
The negative impression of people always inspires me to take that step forward bringing me closer to my dream.
PR: What is your vision for WAIA?
CHRIS: Its all cut & dry,
Bringing the community together,
• Wiping out poverty,
• Amendment of the Constitution of India,
• Educating our younger generation to be Political Leaders,
• Keeping what we have & fighting for what we have lost.
• Most of all, finishing what Mr. Frank Anthony left incomplete.
PR: What can members do to help you take WAIA to the next level?
CHRIS: Like I have always mentioned, the WAIA is not here to put their hands into the pockets of anyone, yes we do need the support and intend to get it through mutual involvement. The WAIA has planned on opening a Trust, as many of our members have stepped forward to contribute on their own free will. We also plan to open a page for members to post their advertisements, and if you feel that a certain percent must be donated to the WAIA Fund, you will be blessed. This whole project will be handled by myself & will be transparent for everybody to see how the funds are being handled.
PR: Where do you see WAIA say 5 yrs from now?
CHRIS: Since we are on the right track, if everybody steps in to do their bit, and if the AIAIA joins hands with the WAIA, believe me, I promise everyone MISSION AI would be a success, wiping out poverty within the community.
PR: Is there anything else you would like to add...?
CHRIS: The World Anglo Indian Day 2010, this event is in the making, we have a year to plan. Let’s get going, the page is listed under events, and we need everybody’s input to make this a success, just like the other AI Reunions. I have already got members who have come forward to contribute to the occasion, but we need more, Lets Do it.
Well Chris...we sure got to know you & your heart better, as I am sure many members don't know you that closely but now we do...thank you once again for sparing the time to do this for us.
SPOTLIGHT ARTIST FOR THE MONTH
SABRINA M. ABINESH
I have been painting since I was a child. I have never taken any professional course in painting. My paintings are mostly focused on human figures; abstract and old Indian culture like the Mogul paintings.
Sometimes, these artifacts make us wistful and help us go back in time. They free us, however momentarily, from the shackles of postmodern relativity and enable us to endure a transcendental experience, an experience that lends meaning to existence. Painting for me is just a hobby and I want to stick to that. I do it just to satisfy myself and never expect anything out of it.
My primary medium is acrylic on canvas but I also love painting with oils. They are rich and luminous when at their best, and they can produce fabulous texture and depth of colour. I've always been interested in good abstract work, It doesn't really have techniques of application that are any different to conventional paintings though.
All thanks to my dear husband Abinesh who has been my pillar of support and it is he who has inspired me to kick-start my painting after a break of almost 15 years.
Please visit Sabrina’s blog to see more of her awesome paintings click SABI’S ART
http://www.world-angloindians.com/profiles/blogs/sabis-art
Our Vision
• Our vision is to achieve an organized, network of members who belong to the Anglo Indian community.
• To support, develop, and retain talents of individuals, something that we, the mid older generation suffered from the lack thereof.
• As part of providing a stepping stone into the future for the youth of our community, we extend this invitation of opportunity to our folks in the workforce, keeping in mind our priorities, the Under Privileged Anglo Indians, which complete the other half of our community.
• The WAIA also welcomes other Anglo Indian Community Leaders around the world, to join us and enjoy, quality time, bonding and a moving forward towards the road of success & achievement!!
THE WORLD ANGLO INDIAN HISTORY
PART TWO
Barbara Thyab Ali
Since Britain was no longer a great power, economically and militarily-the Brightest Jewel in the British Crown got it’s independence in 1947 15th August. However, the class of landed aristocracy that the British had created through the permanent settlement stood by its master in that moment of trial. They began to shun the Anglo Indians out of revenge and disgust of the British.
The rebellion in 1857 saw the end of the company’s rule in India. Power was transferred to the British crown in 1857 by the Act of British Parliament. The Crown’s Viceroy in India was t o be the chief executive. The army was reorganized with a far greater number of British officer’s than had been the case hither to. No Indian was allowed to rise to an officer’s position until the second decade of the 20th century. The higher posts in most administrative departments were reserved for the British subjects of the Crown. Yet they had forsaken all “The Anglo Indians” before they left and ran off when the Congress gave a call to all Indians right from 1942-to ensure that the British ”Quit India”-which they did in 1947 when India Our Mother Land too, got it’s “Independence” leaving many an Anglo Indian Orphaned till date. This is the fate of all our needy Anglos in India till date.
Britain certainly was no longer a great power, economically and militarily. The new great powers, the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R, were both in favors of seeing India a free nation. There was growing support for India’s demand for independence even in Britain; many sections of the Labour Party were in sympathy with the demand. “The brightest jewel in the British Crown” got its independence in 1947 15th August. However, class of landed aristocracy that the British had created through the permanent settlement stood by its master in that moment of trial.
The Rebellion in 1857 pursued discriminatory policies against the Muslims; they were denied opportunities of employment in the governments well as modern education to ensure that they remained backward compared to the Hindus and thus for ever in contention with them. The Rebellion saw the end of the Company’s rule in India. Power was transferred to the British Crown in 1858 by an Act of British Parliament. The Crown’s Viceroy in India was to be the Chief Executive. The army was reorganized with a far greater number of British Officers than had been the case hither to.
No Indian was allowed to rise to an officer’s position until the second decade of the 20th century. The higher posts in most administrative departments were reserved for the British subjects of the Crown. The British were also better armed and had more efficient and quicker means of communications, the railways and telegraph among them. Enthusiasm for imparting modern education to Indians too began to ware and university education remained confined for a long time to three cities – Kolkata – Mumbai & Madras where universities had been established in 1857.
We have to take note of the fact that long before the European wars came to an end, Europeans had visited most parts of the globe. The first almanac of navigation tables was published in 1478, the Portuguese seized Goa in 1510, by 1542 they’d reached Japan and by 1511 – 1513 they’d conquered as far a field as the Malaccas and Moluccas besides setting up slave bases around Mozambique. The Dutch were on their tails shortly after and a little known fact is that the majority of their sailors were German and Spanish, besides a variety of European renegades.
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Dear Chris,
You and your team deserve appreciation for putting together WAIA. Maybe in times past we considered ourselves to small to start thinking big. I am amazed why no one ever thought on these lines all these many years. Anyhow the community has come a long long way and if WAIA and the larger family move at the present momentum the community at large can expect, to say the least, great developments. Not overlooking the fact that many in our community established themselves in so many ways there remained many who regretfully did not make it, for some reason or the other and others because they lacked opportunity and a genuine helping hand.
I am encouraged when I see so many well positioned and well intentioned among our community stepping forward to extend that helping, giving hope to those among us who have what it takes to make the grade and a better life for ourselves, & our dear ones and in time to come help others in the community.
I am especially touched by the prayer cell which occupies a special place .It is a recognition that we need the presence and blessings of God in our lives always and the only way we can reach Him is through prayer. All we are and ever will be in the future is purely reliant on the ever abiding Grace of God….Amen!!
I pray that God will look kindly on the WAIA family and give it strength, courage; help guidance and determination to do what it possibly can and leave God to do His will.
Eric John Aikin.
New Delhi
Hi Chris
The Newsletter sure made interesting reading. Kudos to you and your Team for all the time and effort put in to bringing out this super piece of work. Keep up the fantastic work and may God bless and guide each one of you ..........and AI’s the world over to come forward with articles, poems, whatever to help make the Newsletter a "must-read”!!!
Bye for now, am already looking forward to the next edition - till then
Take care
Linda Allen
Chris, Pauline,
Congratulations on this website and all that it is and can be. You have combined hard work, brilliant ideas and technology to come up with a way of shrinking the distance between Anglo Indians scattered around the globe. I hope that all of us members prove worthy of our membership and one of the best outcomes would be to help the less fortunate of our community.
WELL DONE!!
Stephen Edwards
HI Chris,
Thanks for caring enough to get this site off and running. My kids say that we are the pioneering generation - making new lives overseas. I think it goes far beyond this. Our parents and those before them had to forge ahead too. We have integrated the best way we can, holding on to all that is good from our heritage and absorbing the best from our ' second homes' wherever that may be. I took my adult kids to India and they want to know more about their heritage. I shall direct them to your website. Thanks again, you have done yourself and community very proud.
Very appreciative
Colleen Wood
“HELP US HELP YOU”
Last but not least, it is the administrations heart to keep the community clean and free of such elements that cause nothing but discord and disrespect within the community. The admin has put into place a watchdog group to sniff out any such individuals who will be harassment to members and a hazard to the smooth running of the community as a whole. It is our earnest request that you help us maintain a cordial and peaceful atmosphere here in the community so that all joining might feel right at home on seeing the community spirit that will be displayed all over the site. All members are requested to maintain a strict code of conduct in the chat rooms and other postings at blogs, forums etc; your co operation in this regard will be highly appreciated, and we thank all those who are already working hard and helping us maintain such an atmosphere & community spirit.
THE NEWSLETTER TEAM
Editor in Chief:
CHRIS ROSE
Editor:
PAULINE RAINA
Asst Editor:
BARBARA THYAB ALI
& Monthly Guest contributors
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