ksazma posted:Stormborn posted:Billy Ram Balgobin posted:Indians from India think Guyanese are very clean and hard working people but we think short-term. they think we only focus on buying homes in Queens instead of looking to buy in neighborhoods with great schools.
Not per one fellow who was the president of GOPIO. He said Guyanese are bastardized Indians; culturally stunted and driven by baser instincts to for go education and more concerned with drinking and carousing and fornicating like Nehru. He further said we are slovenly and lacking in ambition.
Could be the Caribbean culture's impact on us. I do find Guyanese Indians more aware of their personal and surrounding cleanliness than Indians from India and Pakistan. I mentioned some time back that I went to a mandir and found it much cleaner than masjid although Muslims say that they take much pride in cleanliness. In fact, the prophet is reported to have said that cleanliness if half of faith. Regarding ambition, Guyanese have been bogged down for decades by an environment that does not encourage ambition. It was more about survival and a scramble to move anywhere other than the 10 regions of Guyana. While some are driven, it does not seem as concentrated as the Indian and Pakistani communities in America.
Caribbean Indians have a few things going. We are much more broad/open minded than many Indians!