Posted on 06/10/2008 1:13:52 PM PDT by swarthyguy
Hindu Indians and Muslims from the Subcontinent come from the same genetic stock
The difference is that traditional Hindu culture seems to prize education and hard work, and Muslim culture does not. Muslim culture does not seem to prize the study of anything except Islam
>>The modern game of polo, though formalized and popularized by the British, is derived from the princes of the Tibeto-Burman kingdom of Manipur (now a state in India) in the Southeastern Himalaya, who played the game while they were in exile in India sometime between 1819 and 1826
Wikipedia entry.
Like so much, the British adopted so much from India - including so much of the Imperial pomp and paegantry and even formal dress that people thought polo was invented in the green fields of England.
Many many muslims refuse to acknowledge that fact, instead claiming ancestry from Arab invaders, Persians (the post Islamic ones, certainly not from the descendants of Darius and Cyrus) and in one case, (from personal experience) from Yemeni traders.
This is particularly true in Pakistan.
Can’t have anything in common with Pagan and effeminate, cosmopolitan Hindus.
Well, that would make perfect sense then. This guy was like Hugh Grant, with the polite stuttering demeanor.
No, they aren’t, small.
So do the Indians in India realize how so British they are, or is that only apparent to outsiders?
With respect, that establishes nothing. The Brits originally got it from the Indians
The modern game of polo, though formalized and popularized by the British, is derived from the princes of the Tibeto-Burman kingdom of Manipur (now a state in India) in the Southeastern Himalaya, who played the game while they were in exile in India sometime between 1819 and 1826.
1—Correct
2- Wrong
I have often heard Pakistan and Indians referred to just Indians or Pakis and people not appreciating the difference.
As to integration in Britain I would say the group that has assimilated the best and considers themselves British if born here is the West Indian community both Indians and Pakistanis would put their ethnic and religious group first and their Brutishness next. I give you that on the whole the Indians are very hard working and contribute to our economy but have not integrated and keep themselves apart in a very similar way to the Jewish community but the Jewish community does consider themselves British even if they do not general mix socially with the indigenous Brits.
Bottom line many Brits are ignorant between the different ethnic groups from Asian and Archer is exploiting this ignorance to get himself publicity which he converts.
On the other hand many Indians who have found their way to Britain via Africa and there is a large Indian/Asian community in many of the ex Commonwealth countries in India do consider themselves British and sometimes side with the indigenous Brits against further immigration and pandering to certain groups.
Maybe the Indians you have had contact with are in fact those who fled Africa maybe as in the case of our local chemist Uganda under Amin.
I agree as he was talking to a British auidiance who generally call anyone who looks Asian Indian.
Whilst I agree in most part there are unfortunately many Brits who do not appreciate the difference between Indians, Pakistanis, Bangaldesh etc and use the terms Indian, Asians or Pakis to include all groups including Asians from Africa.
The average Brit would not appreciate tensions between the various group much of which is religious. Many Indians are insulted and denegrated with term Paki.
Beat me to it :o)
Well since the Europeans are doing nothing, it’ll be up to the Indians in Britain to stop the growing Muslim threat.
>>So do the Indians in India realize how so British they are,
I suppose some do, but there’s also the overlay that some of what the world considers British can partly be seen to have originated in India, Polo, for example, drinking tea, another.
There is a deep appreciation for the English virtues of not blowing your own horn, understatement, a dry wit and coolness under pressure and in the Army in particular, British moraes may well still be adhered to.
And the relationship is symbiotic, no one loves India more than the British, just read The Last Moghul by Thomas Dalrymple to get an idea.
But, in a nutshell, it’s far more evident to outsiders.
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