Re: Re: [nukkad] Fiji Crisis

[BALJEET SINGH AHUJA <bssingh@nic.in>]

Dearest Deewani Ladki--Payal;
it so happens that i have a beautiful friend living in fiji islands and she is an indian by descent. and fijian by the place that she is living in..
anywya how does it matter whether you are indian or fijain be holistic and we all belong to one world..
anyway the problem of identiyt crisis comes when you go out of your way to find out some things.. 
why do you want to do that 
anyway not all indian s think thast you need to be in inda before you become indian..

payal.. there are pple abroad who are haveing 
more nationalistic feelings than many of the indians i know..
so dont feel disheartened .. anyway!

lets pray to god and hope that everry thing will be fine very soon,,,,,,


simar 

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> Hi Shiraz,
>     
>     Writting to Nukkies may not help the crisis in Fiji but it seems to have 
> let us (Indo-Fijians) know that we are not regarded as Indians by the Indians 
> of the Bharat Nation.  So you say Fijian-Indians can't regard themselves as 
> Indians, excuse me but I don't remember anyone telling me you could tell me 
> who or what I am. I may sound a bit rude but here I have a situation for you. 
> Now you tell me what I am okay. I was born in New Delhi, India yet I have no 
> idea what the place is like. I lived in the Fiji Islands 'till I was about 7 
> and now I live in the United States of America. So Shiraz tell me what I am? 
> Am I not an Indian? The last time I remember anyone asking me what I was I 
> remember saying Indian. I follow the religion which has it's orgins in India 
> and speak the language which has its orgin in India and I eat the Indian 
> foods each day. My ancestors also lived in the country of India, my 
> grandparents went throw hard times during the partition between Indian and 
> Pakistan. My Father is from New Delhi, India and my Mother is from Lautoka, 
> Fiji Islands. Are you still trying to tell me I'm not Indian? Tell me what I 
> am if I am not Indian? Just remember you don't have to say, "don't feel bad 
> but you can't call yourself Indian" because you can't tell us what we are 
> considered and what we aren't. I am from both India and Fiji and most Indians 
> in Fiji feel the same way we do. Indians in Fiji regard the people of India 
> as their brothers and sisters, just as the Indo-Fijians who are currently in 
> over seas countries regard the Indians back home their brothers and sisters. 
> Just because we don't live in the country doesn't mean we are no longer the 
> people of that country. 
> 
> Payal
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