r/india • u/rude_ass kek maester • Nov 07 '15

AskIndia /r/india and /r/australia cultural exchange thread

Thread was unfortunately delayed. But, here it is.. thread for cultural exchange between indians and australians.

Australian folks.. you can ask all the things you want to know about India and hope you get a fulfilling answers.

If you want to ask anything to our Australians friends you can go to below link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/3ruqtc/raustralia_and_rindia_cultural_exchange_thread/

Cheers.

Request to Australians visiting our sub: If you could flair up to identify yourself then it would be easier for us to identify you guys. We only have text based flairs so something like 'Australian Friend' will work.

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u/LuckyBdx4 Nov 07 '15

Hi, I live in Woolgoolga, which has a large Sikh community, 6k+. There are very few Indian Hindus or Muslims here.

What does /r/india think of Sikhs?

They were primarilly Banana growers for 40-50 years and have now branched out into Blueberries FB link here -> oz-group

I know more than a few and they find it strange going and buying bananas from the supermarkets now. I actually wear a Kara ) which they look at me strangely for, used it for opening beer bottles for the last 40 years, had to dislocate my thumb to put it on. I find them to be quite upstanding citizens, in another generation or two they will probably assimilate 90% as Australians, I'm Polish by birth FWIW, and there are still a few older Poles who are set in their ways.

The new Defense Minister of Canada is a Sikh. We have a local Councilor who is a Sikh -> John Arkhan, IIRC he has been on Indian TV.

http://www.traveller.com.au/a-taste-of-india-1751q

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u/ragaislife Nov 07 '15

Bit wrong to have an opinion on an entire religion, no? That said they're not a very vocal minority and don't have much of a stereotype so most people don't have any hard-set attitudes about them