In the south the Anglo Indians were well thought of. They mixed well and socialized easily across communities. They lived in pockets and were gregarious and industrious. I have never come across such a "label" as you speak of.Lalmohan wrote:does "anglo-indian" still have meaning as a label? atleast, does it have the meaning it used to?
there are a lot of mixed children born in the UK with one parent from Indian origin and the other from anywhere else on the globe
within India itself, the people of mixed parentage will either blend in gentically or die out
I do not have much knowledge of their society in the north of India.
Anglo Indian generally meant people of mixed blood born in India and their descendants. This was generally a english Indian combo.
The descendants of mixed blood portuguese Indian combo were rarely called Anglo Indian unless by mistake or ignorance. All these people claim their gora ancestor to be of noble blood and what not. The true Anglo Indians very rarely did that because most of their ancestors were soldiers and suchlike common folk. As was often the case with the portuguese lot.
Anglo Indian implied a good command over the english language which other mixed blood groups often did not have.
A great many British Indian mixed blood combinations exist today which are rarely called Anglo Indian though in the strict sense of the term they probably are.
Anglo Indian, as mentioned before had colonial connotations. These days one cannot put such a construct
on post independence, Indian father migrated to england and married british wife families.
In my own family we have Indian father-english wife and Indian father-american wife, Indian father-european wife combos and vice versa too. Never heard of the kids being referred to as Anglo Indians.