InterCultural

So the other day my gurls and I were shopping in Cayo. We walk into a shop and they are automatically drawn to the shoes. I, on the other hand, am drawn to the TV playing in the corner. We were in an small store ran by a man from India. Miscellaneous items are sold in small single room store right of the street by like like proprietors along the centre of Cayo . Z Tv is on and I am automatically intrigued. My friends think it is strange because I don't understand Hindi and this particular show doesn't have English subtitles. Why do I watch a show without the slightest idea of what is said? Why do I endlessly watch Z TV when I house-sit houses that have cable (which house would need house-sitting if it didn't have cable?). Why would I argue with classmates that people from India are not East Indians, but are Indians while "Indians" may be called West Indians?

The truth is there is something about the small mass of people in Belize that have come from India in recent years. During British colonization Indians came to Belize in mass as indentured servants, but this group of people don't captivate me as much as the recent Indian immigrants. I want to befriend them so much. I know that they are busy building new lives and making a match in a new nation but I just can't seem to cross the border into their lives. I will always be a customer to them... I wish I could become a friend to them....

I have so many questions to ask.