Django...looks like you reclaiming your Indian roots with all these Indian stuff... 

VishMahabir posted:

Django...looks like you reclaiming your Indian roots with all these Indian stuff... 

Never changed,East Indian to the bone. my great-great maternal grandfather with his wife and children took the journey from India to British Guiana in March 1869.

Posting the videos here for posterity.

my forefathers that come from india was warriors not no low caste people 

warrior posted:

my forefathers that come from india was warriors not no low caste people 

So that's why you choose the handle "warrior"

warrior posted:

my forefathers that come from india was warriors not no low caste people 

That caste system was created by man to control man. We are all equal in the eyes of whichever god we pray to.

warrior posted:

my forefathers that come from india was warriors not no low caste people 

Ha ha

Django posted:

warrior posted:

my forefathers that come from india was warriors not no low caste people 

So that's why you choose the handle "warrior"

The banna is a karate man. When I find out where my family opened their dojo in Scarborough I have to invite him.

warrior posted:

my forefathers that come from india was warriors not no low caste people 

Bai, me hear me aja come fram Mathura. You know anything about this place?

People of India illustrated

Photographic Illustrations of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan.

Many 19th century plate books on customs and costumes.

@Former Member posted:

my forefathers that come from india was warriors not no low caste people 

They were Kshatriyas, the second caste which is associated with warriorhood. My mon is from the same caste.

@Ramakant-P posted:

They were Kshatriyas, the second caste which is associated with warriorhood. My mon is from the same caste.

So you believe and support the caste system.

@Mitwah posted:

So you believe and support the caste system.

I don't but that's how it was, is, and will always be. It's a form of apartheid, the worst.

@Former Member posted:

Bai, me hear me aja come fram Mathura. You know anything about this place?

That's the birth place of Lord Krishna. Visited there. 

@Former Member posted:

Bai, me hear me aja come fram Mathura. You know anything about this place?

That's where Lord Krishna grew up. I was there.

@Ramakant-P posted:

That's where Lord Krishna grew up. I was there.

It puzzles me that so many people spell and call Sanskrit Krsna, Krishna! My father, who was a Rajput, pronounced his name as Krsna which sounded like Keessna, but which was anglicized as Kishna by those in authority in British Guiana!

@Former Member posted:

It puzzles me that so many people spell and call Sanskrit Krsna, Krishna! My father, who was a Rajput, pronounced his name as Krsna which sounded like Keessna, but which was anglicized as Kishna by those in authority in British Guiana!

Of course, you are puzzled. Devanji alphabet will tell you how to pronounce the Word.  According to him, there is no "h" in Hindi"  Let me give you an example.

if you want to pronounce 'kha', curl your tongue and hold it at the top of your palate and say 'ka'.

@Ramakant-P posted:

They were Kshatriyas, the second caste which is associated with warriorhood. My mon is from the same caste.

Yeah? Who knows? Or can prove that among the indentured 'slaves'? Some even claim their ancestors were Brahmin! Can you imagine Brahmins leaving their top dog positions to go with low caste people to slave on sugar estates? Then, don't stop there! Imagine they also brought their wealth with them!

@Ramakant-P posted:

Of course, you are puzzled. Devanji alphabet will tell you how to pronounce the Word.  According to him, there is no "h" in Hindi"  Let me give you an example.

if you want to pronounce 'kha', curl your tongue and hold it at the top of your palate and say 'ka'.

Sorry! My tongue is neither curled.....nor forked!

@Former Member posted:

Yeah? Who knows? Or can prove that among the indentured 'slaves'? Some even claim their ancestors were Brahmin! Can you imagine Brahmins leaving their top dog positions to go with low caste people to slave on sugar estates? Then, don't stop there! Imagine they also brought their wealth with them!

The Brahmins were brought in afterward to control the low caste Indians.

In India, Brahmins are nothing but beggars.

There is a book written about indentureship.  I can't remember the name.

Mitwah should know more about this.  I hope he can step in and relieve your confusion.

@Ramakant-P posted:

The Brahmins were brought in afterwards to control the low caste Indians.

In India, Brahmins are nothing but beggars.

There is a book written about Indentureship.  I can't remember the name.

Disputable!

@Former Member posted:

Disputable!

Maybe!

@Django posted:

Never changed,East Indian to the bone. my great-great maternal grandfather with his wife and children took the journey from India to British Guiana in March 1869.

Posting the videos here ?for posterity.

Just remember they were Indian! You are Guyanese! Is Django an Indian -to-the-bone name? Or are you just confused?

@Ramakant-P posted:

I don't but that's how it was, is, and will always be. It's a form of apartheid, the worst.

As long as people are not allowed to move up in society according to their God given abilities, in ANY country, there is a caste system!

@Former Member posted:

Just remember they were Indian! You are Guyanese! Is Django an Indian -to-the-bone name? Or are you just confused?

No confusion ,Django is nick used for blogging and aware of being Guyanese .For ethnic identification , descendants from East Indian Immigrants are classified as Indo-Guyanese.

@Former Member posted:

Just remember they were Indian! You are Guyanese! Is Django an Indian -to-the-bone name? Or are you just confused?

Damned right. It's funny. Growing up in Guyana, given the political climate, we always considered ourselves "Indian". It was the Indians here were quick to say that Indo-Guyanese are not "real" Indians. I actually need to thank them. It made me appreciate who I was more. Indo-Guyanese are more diverse and open minded that Indian Indians. I remember how Indian doctors in Guyana used to treat poor people like they were lower.