Quote: (12-04-2013 02:10 PM)Wutang Wrote:
Had no idea it was mostly the elite Brahmin class that immigrated to the US, interesting. I always thought it was the poorer, darker skinned ones that had to resort to leaving the country in order to get ahead since they would have very little social mobility in their home country. I live in NJ which has a big Indian population in the central area of the state and I've met quite a few South Indian Christians over the years.
It really depends where you are - there's a lot of "untouchable" Indian Punjabis in northern California and in UK. Many have been in the US or UK since the 1960s. Because they come from the bottom rung of Indian society, they're pretty down to earth people and the women don't have this "princess" attitude. The women get put in the kitchen at a young age and as a result of this most of these women can cook...they're most not career women and many have never been to college. This has been changing in the last 10-15 years and many are starting to go to college.
A lot of the "untouchable" Punjabis drink, smoke, screw around & like to party. I know many that have been to jail. They're a world away from the FOB IT/Engineering nerds who come and work in the US & UK. I remembering asking some south Indian IT guys what they did for fun in India - they said that they played chess! A lot of the nightclubs in some UK towns are owned or run by Punjabi people.
I've come across many Indians in the US who are non-drinkers or vegetarians..most of the "untouchable" UK or US born Indians eat and drink anything.
There's Indians all over the world and a lot of the labourers in the Middle East are from a poor background. However, there are rich Indians in the middle east too - a lot of doctors and jewellery guys are Indian.
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