Cyber Links Help Anglo-Indians to Preserve Culture

Abstract

An Anglo-Indian these days is almost a state of mind. Many who became part of the community’s diaspora after India and Pakistan gained independence in 1947 never declare themselves as Anglo-Indians (AIs), and seem eager to disappear into their host societies in Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.

But there are some who care enough about that unique heritage to try to preserve and celebrate it, and have done so with international gatherings every three years: in Britain in 1989; in Toronto, Canada, in 1992; in Perth, Australia, in 1995; and last year in India itself, officially in Bangalore but with a spirited follow-up in Calcutta, home to the largest number of AIs through the centuries. The year 2001 will see them gather in Auckland, New Zealand.