The Feel Good Factor of the New Ethnicity Anglo-Indians of Kerala and Meghalaya by Dr. Ann Lobo

Racial Science, Social Science & the Anglo-Indian by Glenn D'Cruz

The Shattering of Cultural Identity: The Anglo-Indian Community in Rural India by Roy Dean Wright

A Research Note: Adaptation and General Well-Being of Anglo-Indian Immigrants in Australia By Simon Colquhoun

EDITORIAL

Welcome to the third edition of the International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies. The present edition of the journal begins with a piece by Dr. Ann Lobo who discusses two groups of Anglo-Indians that are being assisted by the Indian government in the areas of education and jobs. Part of the cost of this assistance has been their willingness to accept the label "backward".

The second article is by Glenn D'Cruz who discusses the various types of racial arguments used in the social sciences. He also discusses some of the racial arguments that are being put by an Australian politician in her attempt to put in place a White Australia policy.

The third article is by Professor Roy Dean Wright. Professor Wright conducted research dealing with the Anglo-Indians in the 1960s and 1970s, he is once again returning to this research area. In his recent work he discusses the problems that are being experienced by the Anglo-Indians living in rural India in maintaining their culture and identity.

Lastly, we have a research note by Simon Colquhoun. Simon recently completed his honours project in which he examined well-being of Anglo-Indians in Australia.

Dr. Adrian Gilbert - Editor, The International Journal of Anglo-Indian studies.

Dr. Ann Lobo is an Anglo-Indian. Her maiden name was Selkirk. She was born in India in 1939 and completed her secondary education in an Anglo-Indian school in Bandra, Bombay in 1956. She is a Fellow of the Trinity College of Music, London. She possesses a Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of Reading (1986), a Master's Degree in Education in Multicultural Urban Areas (1988) from the University of London Institute of Education and a Doctorate from the University of London Institute of Education (1994). She is Head of Music in an inner-London school and recently gave a paper at Oxford University (OXCON) in September 1995 on Language Policies in Anglo-Indian schools.

Dr. Adrian Gilbert is an Anglo-Indian. He was born in East Pakistan, what is now Bangladesh, in 1960 and was there during East Pakistan's fight for independence from West Pakistan. He and his family emmigrated to Melbourne Australia in 1972, after a brief stay in Calcutta, India. His Ph.D thesis has been passed by the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Monash University, Melbourne. His work background is market and social research with particular emphasis on statistical modelling and computing.

Mr. Glenn D'Cruz is an Anglo-Indian. He is presently employed as an academic at Melbourne University where he is lecturing in Film. At the moment he is in the process of completing his doctoral dissertation which is partly concerned with representation of Anglo-Indians and their culture in popular literature, anthropological ethnographies and historical texts.

Dr. Dean Wright is a American Professor of Sociology. He has had an interest in Anglo-Indians for many years with much of his early work being concerned with the Anglo-Indians of India. Recently he has returned to the subject of Anglo-Indians and how they are adjusting to life in India and in many of the countries they have settled in.

Mr. Simon Colquhoun is a young Anglo-Indian from Western Australia who has just completed his honours year in Psychology at Curtain University. Simon found the experience of researching the Anglo-Indians a very positive one. According to Simon the "experience of exploring [his] own cultural heritage [was a] very enjoyable and enlightening process."

The editor will consider for publication short articles or research notes dealing with the Anglo-Indians. The issues covered in the articles may range from history, sociology and psychology to econometrics. Preference will be given to pieces emphasising current research data that might not otherwise be published. Material should be sent to the Editor - International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies, The Centre of Anglo-Indian Studies, 1 Kurt Place, Noble Park, Victoria, Australia. 3174. Alternately, material may be sent directly via E-mail to the Editor Dr. Adrian Gilbert

Individuals or organisations wishing to cite the research published in the journal, either in full or in part, should first get permission from the Editor.

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