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I want to know what our fellow members feel with regards to non-East Indians joining this site.
Dont the rules clearly mention the following:
Please note this is for members of the East Indian Community.
Anyone who requests to be a member to this site:
Explicitly accepts that he/she is an East Indian
Does not get deemed to be an East Indian, by virtue of being a member on this site.
This is purely for networking within the community and to be more recognisable to others.
So why is admin allowing non-East Indians to be members? Doesnt it defeat the purpose for this site? Personally I feel that this site should be exclusively for our East Indian Community.
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I totaly agree with Lorna Only East indians should be allowed to join this site
At the end of 4 conditions ('rules' as stated by a member above ) required to be qualified to join this site,the admin clearly states "This is purely for networking within the community and to be more recognisable to others."
It's the second part of the sentence,...TO BE MORE RECOGNISABLE TO OTHERS...that perhaps gives the admin freedom to allow outsiders to join this site.
However is there any fool-proof method adopted to scrutinize a real east-indian as & when he/she is allowed to join us?
Greg
It's the second part of the sentence,...TO BE MORE RECOGNISABLE TO OTHERS...that perhaps gives the admin freedom to allow outsiders to join this site.
However is there any fool-proof method adopted to scrutinize a real east-indian as & when he/she is allowed to join us?
Greg
The reason I am bringing up this issue is because I came across a member who is not an EI nor is he Indian & non-Catholic too..These are exactly the kind of people who look for gullible Catholics & slowly convert them & totally brain-wash them into joining dangerous cults. Thats exactly why admin needs to screen such profiles before accpting them as members. We need to protect our community especially our youngsters. We dont need Bible preachers..we have our Catholic Church & our Parish priests whom we can approach to clear our doubts if we have any!!
@Lorna can you help me? I wanted to create a new blog post. (I'm already a member) it said I don't have permission to add a new blog entry. Any idea how can I post a blog entry? thanks 
Hi Stephen..Thanks for your comments..If you are already a member, you need to login in to be able to create a new blog post. Perhaps you can try again..will send you a message explaining how to do it ..Rgds..Lorna
Hello Lorna, the Western concept of the term "East Indian" refers to any individual who has his/her origins in India or the sub continent. This was coined inorder to distinguish the Indies - West Indies from the East Indies (thanks to Christopher Columbus!). To the rest of the world an idea that there exists a community called the East Indians, who are one of the original inhabitants of Bombay simply just does not exist! Given the age old misconception, it would be rather unwise to turn away outright someone who accidentally, intentionally or otherwise may have logged on to this site without first EDUCATING them about our origins.
That in essence would be an opportunity lost to promote our culture.
That in essence would be an opportunity lost to promote our culture.
Candida says...
Hello Lorna, the Western concept of the term "East Indian" refers to any individual who has his/her origins in India or the sub continent. This was coined inorder to distinguish the Indies - West Indies from the East Indies (thanks to Christopher Columbus!). To the rest of the world an idea that there exists a community called the East Indians, who are one of the original inhabitants of Bombay simply just does not exist! Given the age old misconception, it would be rather unwise to turn away outright someone who accidentally, intentionally or otherwise may have logged on to this site without first EDUCATING them about our origins.
That in essence would be an opportunity lost to promote our culture.
Dear Candida,
I don't think this post was made to offend anyone. As you said that people of rest of the world think the term "East Indian" refers to any individual who has his/her origins in India or the sub continent, and many become a member, BUT the title of the web page clearly reads "The East Indian Community Original Inhabitants of Bombay, Salsette & Thana."
So I don't think there should be any confusion.
Anyway no offence
Hi Candida..
I am very well aware of the global concept of what an East Indian might mean.
I dont have a problem with people who unintentionally came across this site & discovered about our community. I am more concerned about the ones who knowingly & intentionally ignore the pre-requisite request for only East Indians to become members. If someone has visited the homepage & bothered to read the details it gives you a pretty damn good picture about what the East Indian Community is all about. So I dont agree that someone might not be aware and would unintentionally become a member by mistake. Even if that was the case its as easy to remove your profile as it is to put it there in the first place.
There are plenty of networking sites like Facebook, Orkut etc. to find friends from all over the world. But can we please have just one site exclusively for our small little community called the East Indians...
I am very well aware of the global concept of what an East Indian might mean.
I dont have a problem with people who unintentionally came across this site & discovered about our community. I am more concerned about the ones who knowingly & intentionally ignore the pre-requisite request for only East Indians to become members. If someone has visited the homepage & bothered to read the details it gives you a pretty damn good picture about what the East Indian Community is all about. So I dont agree that someone might not be aware and would unintentionally become a member by mistake. Even if that was the case its as easy to remove your profile as it is to put it there in the first place.
There are plenty of networking sites like Facebook, Orkut etc. to find friends from all over the world. But can we please have just one site exclusively for our small little community called the East Indians...
Well, first of all there should be a debate on who/what one allows on this site....it is your site ...it is easy for us to disallow people based on our (administrators) thinking, but it is more wise to have people report of persons creating a problem.
As Greg put it clearly, how do we (administors) know that anyone is truly East Indian. Do we have any fool proof way of doing so. Please give suggestions and we will try to implement, if feasible.
WRT, no east Indians,
we also have the lady who is doing a documentary on East Indians, a being non catholic, got a lot of information, from the site and it's members. Thereby supporting Candida's logic of educating people.
in the interim, if there are person/s creating a nuisance, please feel free to report him/her.
As Greg put it clearly, how do we (administors) know that anyone is truly East Indian. Do we have any fool proof way of doing so. Please give suggestions and we will try to implement, if feasible.
WRT, no east Indians,
we also have the lady who is doing a documentary on East Indians, a being non catholic, got a lot of information, from the site and it's members. Thereby supporting Candida's logic of educating people.
in the interim, if there are person/s creating a nuisance, please feel free to report him/her.
Do I have to obtain an OBC certificate to prove I am an East Indian???
Aubrey Pereira says...
Do I have to obtain an OBC certificate to prove I am an East Indian???
no. thats for using theprivilages of OBC caste. to prove your East Indian you need a East Indian membership certificate from Bandra Gymkhana
Stephen says...
no. thats for using theprivilages of OBC caste. to prove your East Indian you need a East Indian membership certificate from Bandra Gymkhana
Aubrey Pereira says...
How and Who in the Bandra Gymkhana has got the knowledge and authority to certify who is and who is not an E.I?? Thorough-bred (both parents) or one parent is an E.I.?? I am a LIFE member, my father was, my grandfather and my great-grandfather were since the time of Kaka Baptista and the D'monte Fly.
Aubrey Pereira says...
How and Who in the Bandra Gymkhana has got the knowledge and authority to certify who is and who is not an E.I?? Thorough-bred (both parents) or one parent is an E.I.?? I am a LIFE member, my father was, my grandfather and my great-grandfather were since the time of Kaka Baptista and the D'monte Fly.
yea so you have to prove it to them that you are an East Indian. you have to get signatures from people who are already proved East Indians and have the certificates proving that
Stephen says...
yea so you have to prove it to them that you are an East Indian. you have to get signatures from people who are already proved East Indians and have the certificates proving that
If I am a LIFE member of the Bandra Gym, holding shares in Salsette Co-op
who do I have to prove to that I am a E.I.????
who do I have to prove to that I am a E.I.????
Aubrey Pereira says...
If I am a LIFE member of the Bandra Gym, holding shares in Salsette Co-op
who do I have to prove to that I am a E.I.????
Thats it, you don't have to prove it to anyone then...
Going through all the comments I wonder is there any way any body out of the community Not join ?? well on can join giving false details . We as East-Indians will have to be careful to trust any body completely without actually knowing { which is not possible on the net } the person , may be by some tricky question which on we East Indians would know .
Dr. Myrtle
Dr. Myrtle
Dr.Myrtle says...
Going through all the comments I wonder is there any way any body out of the community Not join ?? well on can join giving false details . We as East-Indians will have to be careful to trust any body completely without actually knowing { which is not possible on the net } the person , may be by some tricky question which on we East Indians would know .
Dr. Myrtle
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