This paper can be considered as a semi-autobiographical work in progress and outlines my realizat... more This paper can be considered as a semi-autobiographical work in progress and outlines my realization of the importance of belonging and finding one’s identity. It focuses mainly on my dilemma of identification with Anglo-Indians and development of a true community consciousness. My aim is to establish that this dilemma may exist in the lives of other Anglo-Indians, who may have faced the same struggle with identity as I have. I was born in Pondicherry, a town on the southeast coast of India, to Anglo-Indian parents, Leonard Parker and Joan Perreira. I have always considered my life in Pondicherry to be a wholesome experience of good education and parental upbringing. It has also been a journey through which I have discovered who I really am and where I come from. This article describes the challenges I have faced in being Anglo-Indian, and being able to call myself Anglo-Indian, without the fear of rejection and the fear of not knowing about one’s true roots. Apart from the main par...
This paper can be considered as a semi-autobiographical work in progress and outlines my realizat... more This paper can be considered as a semi-autobiographical work in progress and outlines my realization of the importance of belonging and finding one’s identity. It focuses mainly on my dilemma of identification with Anglo-Indians and development of a true community consciousness. My aim is to establish that this dilemma may exist in the lives of other Anglo-Indians, who may have faced the same struggle with identity as I have. I was born in Pondicherry, a town on the southeast coast of India, to Anglo-Indian parents, Leonard Parker and Joan Perreira. I have always considered my life in Pondicherry to be a wholesome experience of good education and parental upbringing. It has also been a journey through which I have discovered who I really am and where I come from. This article describes the challenges I have faced in being Anglo-Indian, and being able to call myself Anglo-Indian, without the fear of rejection and the fear of not knowing about one’s true roots. Apart from the main par...
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