You’re right, being mixed is not unusual for the Caribbean, but I’ve never seen a cocktail like Thara.

Many of the Caribs I meet are exactly that cocktail; Afro-Indo-Iro. What’s the scoop on the Irish presence in Carribbean history?

Pretty much the same as how Indians wound up in the Caribbean ( well Jamaica as far as I know), they just had more opportunities abroad than they did in Ireland and offered the chance they emmigrated, then mixed in with the indeginous population (for the most part). There are quite a few cocktails like Thara, just visit Kingston in Jamaica, you’ll find them walking/driving around (uptown mostly), the reason being, I think I may have said before, Jamaica being a class stratified society, the peopple that have money don’t have to emmigrate, and most of those people tend to be Indians, Whites, Chinese, the few well off blacks and the various mixes of all those. That’s why most of the Jamaican’s you see abroad tend to be black.

I cant help laughing hysterically imagining a Punjabi trying to get a kundi connection in Kerala. Yes, I am easily amused.

I’m laughing too, because I am also easily amused. I love the chunni info, btw.

I have a sister in law who is Fijian-Indian. The word chunni is used extensively in our family (chunni in punjabi is the same as dupatta-worn with a Punjabi suit-for those who might not know). The word chunni as used by Fijians is slang for the vagina. The first time the two families met for a wedding ceremony, the word chunni caused some consternation and later, much hilarity.

I have an ass, but I try not to be one.

The sum is greater than the parts, eh?

Many of the Caribs I meet are exactly that cocktail; Afro-Indo-Iro.

What’s the scoop on the Irish presence in Carribbean history?

Really? Interesting. I thought I was one of the few Andhras with those characteristics. I certainly get my share of incredulous looks from people when I say I am desi (let alone from Andhra).