INTRODUCTION

Why have I called the Anglo-Indian community, which is an ethnic minority Indian
community “the Secret Race”?
Anglo-Indians are the only English speaking, Christian community in India, whose
Mother tongue is English and who have a Western lifestyle in the sub-continent of India.
Anglo-Indians originated during the Colonial period in India. When British soldiers and
traders had affairs or married Indian women their offspring came to be known as Anglo-
Indians or Eurasians in history.
There are not many Anglo-Indians or people of Anglo-Indian origins who will openly
admit to being Anglo-Indians. Most Anglo-Indians today who live outside India, prefer
to saying that they are Australian, British, Canadian or American, than admitting to their
Anglo-Indian race origins. This is partly due to the fact of the racial prejudices in
Western society today. In the West, everyone from India or Pakistan is termed as Asian.
The fact is that India is filled with a large number of races and minority communities,
where each race is very different from the north, south, east and west of India. India was
invaded by a number of races over the centuries, many on them settled down and lived
with the natives. This accounts for the very different facial features, physical
characteristics, heritage, culture and traditions, which each of the races have in India.
Anglo-Indians are therefore not just Asians, but they are Anglo-Indians, who have their
own unique race, culture, heritage and traditions.

The Anglo-Indians in India are gradually reducing in numbers. A large number of the
Anglo-Indians immigrated to the West from the 1940s after India’s Independence in
1947.
In the 21st century, there are still Anglo-Indians being born in India and in the West,
especially when British or European men marry, have romantic liaisons and have
children from Indian women.
Anglo-Indians are a secret race which is worth being discovered by those who do not
have any idea about this unique minority race in India and now firmly established in the
West.
The opinions expressed in this book, on the Anglo-Indian community are my own views
and opinions. My writings on the A-I community, will not be the views expressed by all
members of the Anglo-Indian community and race.
If you enjoy reading this book because you are Anglo-Indian then refer this book to your
friends, relatives and pass it down to your children and grand-children.
If you are a member of any other minority race, then you will find this book useful.
There are a number of features which I have included to make this book interesting. The
tools for race preservation have also been explored in this handbook, and can be used by
any race or culture, in need of preservation.
Thank you for buying or borrowing this book on “The Secret Race”, I know that you
will enjoy reading it. If you do not find it as enjoyable to read, then go over to EBay or
Amazon and exchange it for a bucket of fish…
Warm Regards
Warren Brown
London. United Kingdom. 2010

CHAPTER 1

THE ANGLO-INDIAN GENOME PROJECT

”After a certain age, the more one becomes oneself, the more obvious one’s family traits
become.”
• Proust

If we try to search for an Anglo-Indian five hundred years from now, will we find any? I
wonder if the community will still be in abundance or will we be on the threshold of
extinction, or will we become as extinct as the Dodo?
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was launched in 1990, it is biology’s first large
science project and is planned for a period of fifteen years with an outlay of three billion
dollars. It is an International cooperative effort involving eighteen countries and two
hundred and fifty laboratories. The principal aim of the project is to create a map of the
entire set of Genes(genome) in the human cell by decoding the three billion units or base
pairs(bp) of the human DNA. The Genome is called the “Instruction Book of Life” and,
when finally interpreted, will provide the ultimate answers to how we develop from
single-celled zygotes and how we can function, as healthy human beings. More
immediately the information will lead to a better understanding of the cause of gene-
associated diseases and help physicians to design better strategies to cure them.
The real decoding has just begun. Detecting the genes, locating them in chromosomes
and understanding their structure and function are objectives perhaps attainable only
after several decades.

Craig Venter’s genetic research organization “Celera” has determined the genetic code of
five individuals-three females and two males. They include Hispanic, Asian , African and
Caucasian origin. The objective was to determine whether race has any genetic or
scientific basis. The analysis only reinforced what we already know- we are all members
of the same population whereas as individuals we are unique. But, there is still a distinct
possibility that each race on the planet has its own unique genetic peculiarity.
Genome research has also caused a lot of job-related anxiety in America. Many people
who have been diagnosed to have a genetic disease might lose their jobs and may not get
another placement. They would not get Insurance protection either. In one extreme case,
an employee whose foetus was found to have a gene for cystic fibrosis was asked by her
employer to get the pregnancy terminated.
Genetic blackmail is possible as even the cells in hair trimmings swept out of barber
shops would be adequate to provide Genome Maps. The maps so obtained could reveal
the genetic state of the concerned individual and in some cases could be a powerful
weapon to threaten people in high positions. Samples from routine blood tests of
citizens could be used to build vast DNA data banks of the population, for the use or
misuse by the Government.
Cloning is another class of research, which is still in its experimental stages. Plant and
Animal Cloning will only be possible, if the Scientists persevere in their endeavours. It is
still at a sensitive stage, for scientist to attempt the Cloning of Human beings.

It has been recently found that when Animal Clones were developed from animal cells,
the cloned animals had a number of deformities and defects, like enlarged hearts or
underdeveloped lungs. In most of the cases the animals did not survive. It may take
another ten to fifteen years before scientist can attempt and succeed at the Cloning of the
first human being.
Human Cloning would then make it possible for the people of the future to recreate any
individual of the past, from a few preserved cells or even tissues of the person, who had
lived and died ages ago. Will this really be possible in the future? Will man sit on the
Throne of the Creator?
In the present age when researchers come to India or go elsewhere to do research on the
Anglo-Indian community they visit Libraries, Associations, Organizations, dig into
Archives, interview members of the community and view community life. Based on these
findings and on the records and writings done on the community, they compile their
various research papers, with their findings and conclusions. At present there is a lot of
material on the Anglo-Indian community which is available on the Internet , which is the
most modern Information and Communication tool of the 21st century.
The numbers of Anglo-Indians in India are lessening, as a number of them leave for
greener pastures abroad. With their known spirit of industry and hard-work, these
members of the community make a success of their lives in other countries. Numbers of
the community are dwindling in India and abroad due to assimilation, low birth rate as
well as other economic and cultural reasons.

The Anglo-Indian identity and culture abroad is only visible during the A-I Reunions,
which are held after regular intervals, in all Anglo-Indian concentrated countries of the
world. I feel that this is a great new tradition, which will go a long way in making the
community stronger in the future.
About five hundred years from now when the Anglo-Indian community is either
endangered or extinct, something like the Anglo-Indian Genome Project will be created,
hypothetically speaking. The purpose of this will be to recreate stereotype members of
the community for the benefit of research. The Project could be a compatible fusion of
Genetic Engineering and Cloning. The Hybrid Anglo-Indians so created, in controlled
environments, from the cells and tissues of Anglo-Indians who had existed, will display
all the traits, habits and attitudes of the original beings. This futuristic and sci-fi Project
will literally resurrect the ghosts of the past.
The researchers who will do field-work, about five hundred years into the future will
need to be something like the fictional Indiana Jones, a professor and adventurer and will
only get to their subjects of research after a lot of obstacles, have been overcome.
Anglo-Indians will be something as rare and mysterious as the Incas. The research of the
distant future will consist of excavations carried out in the Information Superhighway,
also known as the Internet. Virtual records stored in cyberspace on the community,
centuries before, will need to be accessed, in order to obtain primary data on the
community.

Due to the disappearance of the Anglo-Indian community, the hybrid Anglo-Indian

subjects of the Anglo-Indian Genome Project will be kept under constant observation
and surveillance. What was once a proud and noble race will then be mere lab rats. Will
this really happen? Will such a horrific Project need to be created, for the purpose of
studying this unique community in the distant future?
At present the best course of action which each and every member of the community
should undertake is to keep personal family records intact, create personal Homepages
on the Internet, preserve and protect family heirlooms, educate children and grand-
children on the origin, culture and heritage of the Anglo-Indian community.
In the 21st century every individual on the planet should have a virtual presence, this
means that every person should showcase his life, work, thoughts, dreams, ambitions and
successes in a series of web pages, on a web site. The main reason for this being, that
years from now any researcher can reconstruct the community based on these electronic
imprints, which we leave in cyber space, in the form of web sites.
Another reason for hosting a summary of our lives on the web, is for the purpose of
Genealogy, as everyone is curious to know who they are and where their family
originated and developed from .The best web site on which to create your family
Homepage is at Genealogy.com. The Anglo-Indian Genome Project, is imaginary in
nature and was created from a figment of my imagination. The concept was built around
the two new fields of scientific research, which are Genetics and Cloning.

The main object of this chapter was for the present generation of Anglo-Indians around
the world to appreciate and preserve their culture, heritage by educating their families on
the history and dynamism of the community, in India as well as around the world.
“In his youth, everybody believes that the world began to exist only when he was born,
and that everything really exists only for his sake.”
• Goethe