The Patils

[Heather Moore]

No: HPFGUIDX 29684

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Madhuri" <madhuri567 at y...> wrote:


A lot of Americans have little exposure to the ethnic diversity of Britain. To Madhuri's comment about Padma and Parvati being fairly common Hindu names, I'll add:

As India and Britain were intimately involved with each other for almost three hundred years, Indians and Indi-Anglos form quite a sizable minority in the United Kingdom. There's nothing particularly significant about Hogwarts having an ethnically diverse student body. The Patil twins are probably just as "integrated" and British  as, say, actor Naveen Andrews. (Andrews played Kip in THE ENGLISH PATIENT and RajSingh in KAMA SUTRA, and was a school chum of Ewen MacGregor's.)

 (Hrm.. come to think of it, *all* the people of Indian ancestry whom I know are from England, Canada, or Trinidad.)