What makes a eurasian

Probably because Bhavani Sankara has proved to be a too independent-minded king, this time the Tanjavur king takes no chances and literally divides and rules: Ramnad is handed over to two throne pretenders with a vague instruction to divide it equally between the two of them.

Not surprisingly, they soon fall out with one another, which eventually leads to a partition of the kingdom. In the s, another army was sent to Ramnad, now featuring Bhavani Sankara again, but without success. Bhavani never regained the throne and after a while disappeared from the Dutch records altogether. Helmondt and Js. Click for larger image: 1st letter.

The last 21st August, after taking my leave of the Tanjavuri King Chinnaraja [Sarabhoji Raja], I have departed with all war power and arrived at Hanumankudi [? Reijnier Helmondt, who will have communicated such to Your Honour, further I have completed with all pleasure the ceremonial festival of water bathing [?

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Click for larger image: 3rd letter first part 3rd letter second part. Home Research Research projects Eurasian Empires. Integration processes and identity formations. Research project Eurasian Empires. Research supervision group Prof. Hans P. Theunissen UL , Turkish cultural history, islamic art and material culture. Olivier J. Paul J. Three Dutch letters on an Indian royal career Within the Eurasian Empires program one of our aims is to extensively use different types of primary sources to study various areas.

Introduction The records of the Dutch East India Company contain numerous references to Asian courts, for instance with regard to dynastic successions. The letters below have been translated as literally as grammar and readability allow.

Paglar was not convicted of the charge and continued to serve his community and the public after the war. Sir George E. Oehlers made significant contributions in the Municipal and City councils, and served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from to Other Eurasians who were prominent in the political arena include Kenneth M.

Byrne , E. Barker and Benjamin Sheares. He continued to serve the government in various capacities, including as High Commissioner to various countries. Sheares was the first Eurasian to become President of Singapore when he was appointed to the position in He held this office until his death in These civil servants included former heads of the civil service Stanley T.

Stewart and George E. Besides politics and government, Eurasians have also made their mark in the artistic and cultural domains. Jeremy Monteiro is a renowned jazz musician and Cultural Medallion winner. Rex Shelly was an award-winning writer known for his books that centred on the Eurasian community in Singapore and Malaysia. Places During the colonial period, the Eurasians lived in enclaves. Living in close quarters allowed the community to form close ties and develop a group identity.

Another Eurasian enclave was situated close by at Selegie Road. The roads in the area were all named after English counties and towns. Braga-Blake, M.

Where the twain met. Braga-Blake Ed. Singapore: The Eurasian Association, p. Call no. Singapore: The Eurasian Association, pp. Carlos, A. The Eurasians of Singapore.

Makepeace, et al. London: John Murray, p. See Daus, R. Portuguese Eurasian communities in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, p. Eurasians in Singapore: An overview. Daus, R. I am Chinese-Eurasian, which makes me part of both the majority and minority in Singapore at the same time.

This duality has been quite eye-opening. For me, a significant part of being Eurasian is recognizing — and to some extent advocating — that we are all really the same.

What's your mix? Aristocracy, apparently. Just kidding. He was British. My mother was born to two Eurasian parents, and my maternal grandmother's mother came from Goa — so there's some Indian heritage as well. And then there's my mother's surname, Capel, which hints to some Viking roots. Although I'm not too sure about that, as I am seldom the tallest guy in the room.

My father is Chinese, and that part of my ancestry, I believe, is predominantly Chinese. I am thus the result of a fair amount of mixing, but the most immediate being Chinese and Eurasian.

How often do you get mislabelled as a foreigner? As I am of the brown-skinned variety of Eurasians in Singapore, people typically place me as Malay at first. They would automatically try to converse with me in Malay, or I might receive the occasional questioning look during Ramadhan. Seldom do people actually guess Eurasian or Chinese. What's interesting though, is being mistaken as a local overseas.

This has happened countless times. Once I was walking up a mountain village in India, and an Indian family approached me speaking in Hindi asking for directions. More recently, I was standing around in an electronics store in Manila waiting for a friend, and a customer without any hesitation whatsoever came up to me and asked a question about the product in his hands in Tagalog.

What were traditions like at home, growing up? A lot of it is centred around family, food, and Christmas. We don't have an ethnic holiday like Chinese New Year, so Eurasians celebrate Christmas very seriously.

Christmas to us is a period where you have four to five feasts in a single day — think devil's curry, shepherd's pie, beef semur, and sugee cake. Each family has a slightly different recipe and secretly thinks theirs is the best. What does your Eurasian identity mean to you? To me, being Eurasian means to be inclusive and welcoming of peoples and experiences from any given background. I'm currently working on a eurasian.

They share their own experiences of what it means to be Eurasian in today's Singapore. I often get asked this question and it is difficult for me to pinpoint. The nature of things would mean that I would have to trace every single one of my ancestors and forefathers, which is not something that is accessible to everyone.

But would I hold any affinity to said places? Because I'm really just a mixture of Singaporean-ness. My mother is Chinese and my dad is Eurasian. Growing up, when the school holidays began, it also marked the beginning of the end of year spring cleaning.