YOU ARE INDO-ST. LUCIAN IF...

(The way it used to be...)
You know you are a St. Lucian Indian or Indo-St. Lucian...

If you refer to yourself as coolie,
If you have a relative that is a mechanic,
If you or a relative drives a transport,
If you or a relative drives a dump truck,
If you have a relative that is a fisherman,
If someone in your family is a businessman,
If you have more than five alcoholics in your family,
If you always have that one relative in the rumshop,
If you like white rum,
If your grandparents/great-grandparents call their children beti or €œbeta
If you refer to speaking Hindi and as speaking Indian€,
If you know what a chamar€ or jungalee means
If anything with curry, you call it Indian food,
If you like fish broth
If you can make dahl puri,
If someone in your family is a Methodist or Catholic,
If your grandfather has been accused of taking people for devil€,
If you have to ask a boy/girl that you want to check if you are related to them before you go out,
If you lime in a group of 3 or more,
If you always threatening to chop a man with a cutlass,
If you listen to Country n Western,
If your family knows the value of a ten cents,
If you like cricket because we have another one as Captain
If you or a family member is fond of cows or horses,
If you are or have Dougla-s and Indians in your family,
If you have a drop of Indian blood running through your veins,

If your ancestors
Were indentured servants...

James Rambally

B&W photo, Rambali family in the 1970's

Courtesy J. Rambally.

Special thanks.