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History with a difference, folks!! Link kindly provided by one of our favourite AI's......the delightful Paul Jennings of Calcutta. Enjoy!!
Why is this still happening, folks?
Anglo-Indians in Calcutta
Please check this out, folks, and if you can help in any way, please do by contacting Nigel Gaulston or Barbara Thyab Ali....who very kindly brought Nigel's project to our notice.
A new photographic account of Anglo-Indians by talented photographer, Dileep Prakash:
The Anglo Indians
Essay by Irwin Allan Sealy
Published by Photoink, New Delhi
ISBN : 978-81-903911-2-2
Hardcase
100 pages
41 colour plates
size: 8.5 x 11.5 inches
weight 750 grams
Price in Indian Rupees - Rs. 1200/=
Courier/postage & packaging costs extra.
Those wishing to order a copy can get in touch with Dileep directly at dileep.prakash@gmail.com or via the publisher, Photoink. Contact: Ms. Moala moala@photoink.net
Richard Johnson attended the Goethals Memorial School (Kurseong, India) Centenary Reunion in November (1-7) 2007. A must see for all, but especially for those who attended Goethals in the dim and distant past.
Nigel Foote's video of the Feast of the Divine Mercy mass at the Velankanni Shrine at Bacchus March.
For those of you who are able to attend, this sounds like a pretty good night out!
Folks, be very grateful that your European ancestors didn't go to the lengths that this poor guy did in order to resist the charms of Hindu maidens, else you might not be here today!
"This was one of the Company’s servants in India, whose letters to his principals are full of remorseful confessions of the influence over him of the alluring beauty of the Hindu women, and of his grotesque contrivances for resisting it:
In eche of them he fint somewhat
That pleseth him, or this, or that.
Some one, for she is white of skinne,
Some one, for she is noble of kinne,
Some one, for she hath a rosy cheke,
Some one, for that she semeth meke,
Some one, for she hath eyen grey,
Some one, for she can laugh and pley,
Some one, for she is longe and small,
Some one, for she is lite and tall,
Some one, for she is pale and bleche,
Some one, for she is softe of speche,
Some one, for she can dance and sing,
So that something of his liking
He fint, and tho no more he fele
But that she hath a litel hele,
It is inough, that he therefore
Her love, and thus a hundred score.
At last he can no longer withstand it, and writes to inform his employers that, rather than yield to the overmastering temptations to which he was exposed, he has subjected himself, by the topical application of a douche of molten lead, to a voluntary humiliation difficult to parallel anywhere in the heroical hagiology of Christendom. And there ends this strange, new Confessio Amantis."
BEW Foundation for Higher Education
The BEW Foundation was established in 2007 by Blair & Ellen Williams, whose registered charity, CTR, already ministers to the needs of Anglo-Indians in India. The Foundation assists any Anglo-Indian who is either already pursuing, or wishes to pursue, higher or professional education. It's a worthy cause, folks, so please lend it your support?
CTR 2008 Dinner Dance Melbourne
Yep....it's that time of year again, folks! Come along to one of the best dinner dances in Melbourne.....CTR's annual fundraiser. You won't be sorry!
Dorothy Dady's book, Scattered Seeds
What is an Anglo-Indian?
Okay, folks, now we've asked the "simple" question, here are a couple of harder ones for you!!
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How do you define the word "community" in relation to the Anglo-Indian Community? What does it mean to you?
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Anglo-Indian culture - what defines Anglo-Indian culture? Again, what does it mean to you?
We'd love to hear from as many of you as possible, folks........the more the merrier! Please email your responses to the Webmaster With your individual permissions, your responses will be published on our "News & Views" page, anonymously if you would prefer. So, come on folks! Tell us what you really think defines the Anglo-Indian Community.
"Eurasian Anthem"
Meanwhile, somebody living in Madras in 1826, was in no doubt as to who Anglo-Indians were, when he penned the following lines:
Eurasian Anthem
First rose, the Land of Liberty,
This was her great commission!
Go forth to India's distant strand,
Subdue and civilize the land.
And better her condition.
And when thou art established there,
Grant her thy laws, dispense them fair,
And bless the sable nation ;
To all and each extend thy grace,
But chiefly to an unborn race,
That shall be called Eurasian.
They shall both interests unite,
And form the central props
Of all thy future ample may
O'er this bright region of the day,
This land of golden crops.
With haughty hearts, aud souls of fire,
To equal rights they shall aspire,
And equal honours too ;
Nor should'st thou disallow their claim,
For, recollecting whence they came,
They shall demand their due !'
To Britain, by the voice of heaven ;
Bear witness, church and state !
Let her fulfil the high decree,
Writ in the book of destiny,
The unerring page of fate.
Nor let her more affect to scorn.
But play us fair in India bom.
Nor the great work delay ;
For since we are her flesh and bone,
Now let her make us all her own,
And join us in her sway.
A faithful guardian to her trust.
While every true Eurasian,
Obliged by more than filial ties,
The bulwark of her power shall raise
Against each hostile nation.
All hail to Britain and her laws!
Heaven prosper India and her cause.
All hail to both the nations !
As Britain, so let India be,
A land of equal liberty,
To Britons and Eurasians.
Support our project
We are delighted at the in-kind support...i.e. albums, articles, stories & other material...which Anglo-Indians have so generously donated to the AIHC Project via our website. With your contributions, you have helped to bring the Project to life & for this, you have our undying gratitude.
But realistically, the AIHC Project cannot come to fruition without your ongoing support, both financial & in-kind. And in seeking your support, we have a responsibility to keep you informed of the progress of the Project. We are therefore desperately in need of your assistance if we are to maintain the AIHC website to a high standard & keep you up to date as to the progress of the AIHC Project.
For this reason, we are calling upon the Anglo-Indian Community to donate to the:
(Click on image to go to advertisement) An Anglo-Indian Heritage Centre Supporter AIHC Monument We'd love to have your feedback! Folks, we really would love to have your feedback concerning the AIHC's proposed AI monument. What form do you think it should take? What should be included on it? We are currently setting up a site to deal specifically with the monument but meanwhile, if you have any ideas, please feel free to contact us........we'd love to hear from you. New links on the AI Military Service page: Raymond Campagnac, the son of a former Mayor of Rangoon, Charles Haswell Campagnac, fought with the Chindits in Burma. Read his story, as told by his father & his uncle. The first Anglo-Indian Internet radio station, folks....enjoy! The station is the brainchild of UK based Roger Ferguson. To listen, you must have the Winamp 5.5 Media Player installed. Download the free Winamp Media Player 5.5 Anglo-Indian article in "Little India" Have an interesting or funny story to tell? Share it here!! We kick off with Audrey Von Lintzgy's hilarious tale of her visit to India. 
Property Investment Services:Group inside the Curry Club South Melbourne on the 30th of November 2007. We had a fantastic time at this informal little gathering, discussing all things Anglo-Indian, and would recommend doing this to all out there, who either can't make it to organised Anglo-Indian functions, or who want to get together on a regular basis. It's great fun, and we'll be doing it again.......and often!
Please check this out folks. It's a new page listing people who are seeking input from the Anglo-Indian Community both in India & abroad, regarding academic & other studies. It's very important for the future of the Community, that Anglo-Indians should become involved in these studies and projects. Just click on the "Help Wanted" image to go to the page. To have a request for participants in a study or project posted on the "Help Wanted" page, please contact the Webmaster
Anglo-Indian Culture
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A mixture of Indian & European descent, the Anglo-Indian Community can trace their roots back to the 16th Century, well before the advent of the British Raj, when Britain finally established colonial rule in India.
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The first Anglo-Indians were the progeny of merchants and adventurers who travelled to India to "shake the pagoda tree", i.e. to exploit the great natural wealth of the country. But on the 8th of April 1687, the Court of Directors of the British East India Company issued a directive stating that: "The marriage of our soldiers to the native women of Fort St. George [Madras] is a matter of such consequence to posterity that we shall be content to encourage it with some expense, and have been thinking for the future to appoint a pagoda [i.e. 8-9 shillings] to be paid to the mother of the child, that shall hereafter be born of any such future marriage."
Madras mint gold pagoda c.1687
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And so, a culture was officially born. A culture which today, despite its minute size, can lay claim to being one of the most diverse cultures in the world. These are the Anglo-Indians.
