Friday, January 04, 2013

Is the Anglo-Indian Community Disappearing?


A product of the British Empire, with a mixture of Western and Indian names, customs and complexions, 2,000 Anglo-Indians are to attend a reunion in Calcutta. But their communities in both the UK and the subcontinent are disappearing, writes Anglo-Indian Kris Griffiths.Read more...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20857969




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Memorialisland.com said...

True, the Anglo-Indian Community has been disappearing especially after the Indian Independence of India. Most of them have either left the country in search of greener pastures to developed countries like Australia, Canada, UK and other places. The dwindling numbers of Anglo-Indian Memorials is a mute testimony to this. Forgotten Memorials have been removed from due to lack of claim. Creating Online Memorials for the departed ones is one way of remembering the community in this Digital Age no matter where their descendants are living currently.

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