Jilly
Active member
I mean, who we really are. Many of us have parents, grandparents, ancestors who came from other places. Other than the one we live in or have made our home.
I was listening to a comedy show last night, Russell Peters was on. For those of you who don't know who he is, he is an Indo-Canadian comedian and is really, really funny. Anyway, something he said made me think. He said that apart from the color of his skin and the fact that his parents are Indian, there is nothing Indian about him at all.
I can so relate to that. Often people ask me about India, and in all honesty, I know next to nothing about it. Infact I have found that others, who have no connection to India at all, often know more than me. I am as Canadian and as Western as anyone who is white.
So, anyway, my question is this, do you live in a place/country/area that your ancestors did not orignate from and what kind of experiences have you had because of that? Also do you look different from most people around you and do people expect you to behave or be a certain way because of that?
p.s. I attend to travel around India in the near future to try and learn more about it.
I was listening to a comedy show last night, Russell Peters was on. For those of you who don't know who he is, he is an Indo-Canadian comedian and is really, really funny. Anyway, something he said made me think. He said that apart from the color of his skin and the fact that his parents are Indian, there is nothing Indian about him at all.
I can so relate to that. Often people ask me about India, and in all honesty, I know next to nothing about it. Infact I have found that others, who have no connection to India at all, often know more than me. I am as Canadian and as Western as anyone who is white.
So, anyway, my question is this, do you live in a place/country/area that your ancestors did not orignate from and what kind of experiences have you had because of that? Also do you look different from most people around you and do people expect you to behave or be a certain way because of that?
p.s. I attend to travel around India in the near future to try and learn more about it.