162 years of being SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN!

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[@SandhiraChetty]

What's the best thing about being South African Indian?

[@saloshninaidoo3791]

How hard working SA Indians are the fact that we can make a success of our lives even when having very little and still finding a way to survive and thrive. Not forgetting the food 🤣

[@personal3766]

Our work-ethic and unique spin on Indian food, even our biryani is so different from the traditional biryanis of India.

[@Wyebank]

Our food. By far the tastiest food in SA

[@gillianmoodley7636]

Bunny chow

[@jared1zn]

Our resilience

[@jerroldlazarus6215]

The best thing about being a South African Indian is our beautiful and gracious women.

[@thestarseeker8196]

My girlfriend is SA Indian, and she is my entire universe, I couldn’t have conceived of her in my wildest dreams. 🩵 Truly the most special and amazing person.

[@shivamsinghrawat9910]

Wht a joke bro

[@ghonamiyer5812]

A very Happy Indentured Labourers Day 16l11 Chetty Family and all Indian South Africans, Remember your Roots and give Thanks to our Forefathers,Vande Mataram🇿🇦🙏🇮🇳

[@desthomas3020]

Hi Sandhira, I was born in South Africa 66years ago ,lived in the uk since i was nine. So very proud off our SA indian culture. Love your content.

[@craiganderson3687]

You are a beautiful family. Be proud of being South African Indian. My sons mother is Indian and she is the most beautiful mom to me son ever!! You have a wonderful Mom and Dad Cherish them.

[@michaelnoronha1383]

Hi Sandhira all the sacrifices of your forefathers have really paid off. Because I think you are in a better country

[@lkvenium2791]

Your videos are not only fun but also educational at times like this:)) Thank you for the opportunity to learn this history that is normally very far away from me. And learning history through such stories is excellent.

[@SandhiraChetty]

Aw you are so welcome!

[@baazinews1027]

@@SandhiraChetty Why doesn't your family sue them for $5 Million

[@princessjasminethedoodle6863]

You took me back so much to my childhood, brought 😢to my eyes thinking of my grandparents. Thank you for awesome content ❤

[@Kim-eg3gp]

I can resonate so much with all of what you guys said, from the culture, the humour and the food, and the all the extended family getting together & having a really good time! Love this vid and it brought back lots of happy memories!

[@tanishagopaul5879]

Hi Sandhira, this has to be the most touching Video that I have come across from an Indian Influencer! Your intelligence in your content is commendable. Thank you for showing the world that us Indians are more than Superficial elements. Well done and may you and your wonderful parents be blessed always!

[@SandhiraChetty]

Aww thank you so much for your kind words 💗

[@namkebanyanklariti]

Happy Indian Arrival Day in South Africa!!! Ours in Jamaica was May 10, 1845. Pops you crack me up everytime. I wish I could get out this snow here in Canada and hang out with you and listen to you talk for a whole day😊

[@lisaaugustine]

I love this! So precious to interview your mom and dad as well! Thank you for the content 🌻

[@stanton5625]

Howzit ! Ships from the east brought more than individuals in search of opportunity but people who excelled in adversity and uplifted other groups in South Africa. Thank you for being a commemorator.

[@SandhiraChetty]

And thank you for your super thanks! ♥

[@simonegovender7556]

Thank you so much for this :) Makes me really homesick watching this ! Have a happy Indian Arrival Day 😗

[@1HourOf.]

For a long time as a kid in Durban, I thought India was place there in Durban, I think mostly because of hearing Durban being constantly related with the Indian Ocean 🤦🏾😂 my Indian friend Meckaylin is very funny 😂😂

[@cher-ker]

Hi Sandhira & Family. Loved This Video😊👌. My Grandfather was from India. We Indian South africans have a lot to be proud of. 🙌🙌🙌Sending You and Your Amazing Parents Lotzzz of Love, Blessings and Prayer from Durban. ❤🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@personal3766]

Loved this video Sam. Listening to your erudite dad, is always a pleasure. His obvious pride in our people's accomplishments is so touching to see. My dad was exactly the same. ps: Yes, I encounter the same reaction here in Saudi Arabia-people look so confused when they hear I'm from SA. The first question is: Kerala?

[@suegovender6611]

Oyio Sandira what a lovely video Khanna 🤗..your parents have just taken me back to my childhood..best times ever. My grandfather and grandmother came from India..he was a laborer who was not only hardworking but a wise chap too. My best thing about being a SA Indian would be that we adjust and make any challenging situation work. WE MAKE A PLAN AND ALL (SHAKING HEAD) 😉

[@deshwynngovindsamy4569]

All I can say is South African Indians are unique...a mix of English influence, Indian influence and of course local influence

[@desiinamerica]

As a person very much interested in the Indian diaspora what a treat this episode was! Many thanks to your mom & dad for the reminiscences! If I'm not mistaken their childhood and youth was during the Apartheid era. Is it possible to have an episode of them talking about that if they don't mind speaking about it?

[@naseeha450]

I really like both of your parent but your mom with her innocent face really swept my heart ❤

[@yugenmoodley7544]

Live and blessings from Durban South Africa 🇿🇦

[@demontrader1222]

I have been away from Durban, my home, for quite a while and for me, the unique quality of being an SA Indian is our ability to both be Western and Indian and not think about it. That gives one a real sense of being a global cosmopolitan. But fcuk, do I miss home and the bunny chows.

[@ramennaidoo162]

I am the third generation living in Pietermaritzburg. My grandfather and his cousin arrived here in the late 1800. They worked in the Timber Mill in the Greytown area. I can't see myself going to live in India, and I won't be able to adapt to the way of life in India.

[@deneshreevaraden5887]

OMW! I absolutely love how your dad referred to your mum as honey 😍sooo cute!

[@Madhav513]

I hope Indians in Africa contribute positivity and peace in South Africa.

[@Tasneemie]

Such a great and important video!

[@tyian5464]

It's the old intro for me love the nostalgia kinda got so used to the farm episodes 😭❤

[@jared1zn]

I worked in University of Durban-Westville for the documentation centre & it recorded the history of the the indentured labourer in South Africa 🇿🇦. It is amazing how far we have come as a people. Every Indian South African should read the Coolie Commission. I was also apart of a joint venture between Michigan State University & The University of Durban Westville. The project is called “Voices of Resistance”, which recorded some of the struggles the Indian activists faced in the apartheid era. My dad was also apart of this project because he was singer. As I said before if you can pay a visit to University of Durban-Westville, Documentation Centre. You will be beaming with pride after going there. They also have the recordings of the indenture numbers so if you have an indentured number of a family member you can trace the year they came into the country, the family members they came with, the port they left from & which estate employed them. Love the episode Sam 😊. Pink looks good on you as well 😉😉

[@SandhiraChetty]

Thanks for this info. Will look into this - will make a great video

[@jared1zn]

@@SandhiraChetty yeah it will be cool maybe you can make a vlog out of it. Just call before hand to see if they are opened

[@terrypoolingam3309]

Hi guys.Happy 162nd birthday. Thank you for sharing your experiences. Sam's next book. DAD'S JOURNEY - TALLER THAN SIGARCANE

[@kairomannikam277]

5th generation South African Indian and couldn’t be more proud of it!

[@nikeshmaharaj6860]

Hey missed u guys so much Sam 🤗 great video and happy birthday to us 😀

[@markleinpillay6548]

Thank you for the video Sam. You must use the right term for those beach sandwiches - it was called tin fish sandwiches 😄. It can quite a bore when ppl imitate Indians because every race has their lingo that may not sound right to the next. My Dad's dad was brought from India (my grandfather)

[@SandhiraChetty]

I actually said tin fish sandwiches LOL not sure why I edited that out :(

[@markleinpillay6548]

@@SandhiraChetty 🤣🤣

[@soobash]

I think the Indian immigration in Mauritius and South Africa are similar. The first time I went to South Africa, a professor asked me if I am related to some Naidoo minister in South Africa. My family name is 'Daiboo' and I think it sounds similar to the Telugu 'Naidoo' that we also have in Mauritius.

[@drdal]

Yes, but South Africa is different from South Africa. In South Africa are indians a minority. In Mauritius, indians are the majorty of the people. Mauritus is actually the only country in Africa there indians are the majority of the people.

[@shohanatoli962]

Thank u for the excellent video. Spot on 👌 we are unique and special....loved the camaraderie u have with ur parents.... reminds me of myself at ur age when my parents were still alive 👊💋

[@vijayjagannath2870]

Vankam . Very nice .keep it alive from an old school Indian .we are unique. Make pickled with all veggies. Eat beans bunnies with vinegar chillies

[@shanalpillay9330]

Hi Sandhira, hope you are doing well. My son 14 years old is an absolute fan of yours (i think you his teenage crush) we are at the north coast we have planned our second trip down south since he has been watching your videos all he want to know is if we can go to "The Farm" so he can actually meet you and your family

[@SandhiraChetty]

Aww that’s so cute! I can’t promise you a visit to The Farm, but if you do come down to the South Coast please get hold of me - I’d love to surprise him 💜

[@shanalpillay9330]

Thank you will really be great

[@devashenchetty9228]

I would definitely say the food 😃...amazing video...thank you...days are sad...watch your videos..be happy again😄😃inspirational...👍

[@deshwynngovindsamy4569]

Remember the time when we used to stop half way when travelling from dbn to PMB 😂😂to have lunch that was packed...how times have changed....also families are not as close as they used to be..extended family I mean...

[@leoncornelious8107]

As a Malaysian Indian finding this video, I’m so amazed at how similar we are despite living halfway across the world and away from our land or origin. I’ve known about the existence of South African Indians through history lessons but am just realising how much we can relate to each other!

[@rodgerhargoon3402]

Ayooooooo why dont donate every south African amaaaaaas vede and all.😂😂😂😂

[@Thiesi]

Who could _ever_ forget such an important date? As they always say: _Remember, remember the sixteenth of November!_

[@Londonpitbulls]

What is the name they call south African Indians . I was told this name before but completely forgot and can't findt it anywhere

[@vijayjagannath2870]

Love the thauranka with dry shrimps chutney and roti.

[@saloshninaidoo3791]

Happy November 16th Chetty Family and all SA indians 😏🎂

[@orphan9334]

hi you are a Tamilian, actually 2 different migrations during British times happened, i did my research ..... TAMILNADU to MALAYSIA SRI LANKA to SOUTH AFRICA at different periods of time ...... CHETTIYAR is a TAMIL COMMUNITY CHETTY is a NORTH INDIAN HINDI COMMUNITY ...... pls make sure about it ,

[@mfanisenigedeza9060]

Indians came to work for white people in the sugar cane farms, when they arrive in South Africa and they were slavery of the white until another group of Indians arrived in South Africa that was educated and have business skills, which changes the labour slavery to businesses, this group of Indians open many shops and started to negotiate with white government and they were allowed to trade in black community and coloured areas community and in their community during apartheid, and they became second citizens after white people in terms of the standard of living, the apartheid government invested hugely in the Indians community during apartheid. I can mentioned infrastructure, school and properties. In South Africa Indians are a minority group you most found lots of Indians in Durban.

[@jazzybabe77]

Great video!

[@deshwynngovindsamy4569]

How old was N K chetty in 1974 when he sculpted those statues?

[@SuperKes007]

Can't take my eyes of you 😍💕!

[@jeevanaicker417]

Enjoyed your Video, Awesome, Informative🙏💐🙏👌

[@theadhdwriterplays3786]

We have amazing stories to tell 😁😁...

[@ramomohlabi8665]

sandhira chetty sam sam well how is it people 😊

[@L20241]

I wish you all get OCI and you can visit India visa free as you’re of Indian origin. Us Malaysian Indians are the same colonial indentured Indians

[@nicoleramnarine6969]

Same with my foreparents from India end up in Guyana 🇬🇾 South American to work on the sugar plantation

[@candicejantjies6751]

Love this! SA Indians are the sweetest! ❤

[@melbillmc]

South Africans in general are very animated

[@nicoleramnarine6969]

Indian are hard workers

[@ajaychoudhary585]

Love you from India

[@user-yp1pu8kj7p]

So farm's and farming also belongs to Indian's not only black community, yet they fail us to inherit our great great grandfather's farm atleast farming as Indian's love farming also today's generation , it will be fair to allocate farm's to Indian's young people to continue thier farming and also assist them with certain equipment can be private or government sector that's fairly simple to articulate with how passionate about farming done productively quality the most important part of farming and clean water

[@Eva-xf3zc]

It’s sad how the British did that to your Indian ancestors aswell as Africans and I never knew this information until I was watching a movie and saw Indians in South Africa and it made be curious to learn the diversity of South Africa. The British and white people also enslaved Indians into slavery to the Caribbeans and had them working the sugar canes there too. Hopefully this ugly part of history never repeat itself and they will have to answer to the most high for their actions. ❤️‍🩹

[@bilalmuhammad4]

Plz make a video on your interactions as south african indian with sub continent people ( india , pakistan and bangladesh) living in south africa.

[@nonhlanhlanunsy9179]

True or what. They think of them

[@Thiesi]

Farm family gang??

[@gotislay]

Hello lady. I am from Bangalore India. Came across your channel and watched few of your vlogs. It's amazing to see how the life is of Indian origin people outside India. Have you ever been to India? How connected are SA Indians are with India? I know it's a stupid question as you guys are living there since generations but are there any who wish to return back to India? I am just interested to know.

[@ramennaidoo162]

My mother in law went to the South of India and met up with her dad's people. Her cousins gave her a warm welcome, and later, her youngest brother went and met up with all the families. He was shown his father's inheritance, a part of land. But he died before laying claim to it. No one from the Chetty family has ever laid claim to any properties in India of which they were entitled to. These were very large farms belonging to the generation of families.

[@seamusdoherty]

How many languages do you speak?.

[@SandhiraChetty]

English, one quarter Korean, and one quarter Afrikaans

[@praveenb9048]

I always thought of the Chettys as a historically business / entrepreneurial community. So I would have guessed that they, like the Gujaratis and Marwaris, would have made their way to Africa in search of businesses opportunities rather than going as indentured servants. Can someone shed some light on this?

[@r.lurdumaryn.rayappan7511]

Amazing

[@lig8817]

No wonder there is such separatism - sad though thought we were uniting and trying to make things better!

[@L20241]

Us Malaysia Singapore American British Indians all feel the same we look Indian but we are not from India 😂

[@sushilashukla1289]

Not to forget DURBAN curries and the aroma.😋😋

[@sibusisondlovu7706]

Credit must be given where it is due. The South African Indians are the most progressive - developed Indians in whole World. The live a very high standard of life. They are World standards in all spheres. Migration pattern is Negative ( India ) to positive ( South Africa ) thats why the Indians in Indian ENVY - durban indians( Tamil - Hindu - Moslem).

[@deshwynngovindsamy4569]

I'm most proud of our bunny chows...found nowhere else lol..

[@thabang_sammy]

That Julies comment at 3:34 killed me 😂

[@kfjw]

There is no way you're that old.

[@harisadu8998]

There's a lot of deracination in the SA Indian community. How do they expect to preserve what remains of the culture?

[@rensm6256]

Thanks!

[@SandhiraChetty]

Thank you so much ✨

[@rensm6256]

@@SandhiraChetty you welcome 🙂 Love your videos 💞

[@maheshseth751]

As tamil from India I absolutely love how you all preserve the culture so well. Even with all Your names. The love you have for india and the culture is so pure.

[@Richardanjno]

Mr reddy must be from andhra Pradesh in india

[@user-hg3ne4ub8d]

Hello Lovely people the Indians. I would like to ask you a question I will be happy to get an answer why you indians you have a very specific accent . I mean you have your own accent . Why you did not have the majority accent like the black or the white one . Take care and God bless all South Africans Jean from Paris, France

[@VJ592]

The different races had there own residential areas and own schools for decades.

[@Sthmohtwenty]

Similar he4e from gt guyana sth America same thing happen Indians disaporah

[@yaninalewatava8086]

Wow so that means Indians were first brought to South Africa than to Fiji in 1879 by Ship Leonidas(First Indentured Labour's brought to Fiji)...19 years Gap 🤔🤔🤔

[@ashleyk9328]

Et al . Hey all other cultures say ‘and all’ so I don’t understand why they only pick on Indians.

[@marcos31311]

the wally

[@marcos31311]

one girl had a picture. with other people. and she was saying. to find her.. like in wallly

[@marcos31311]

she had like a picture.. amongst like. 30 people

[@marcos31311]

so I said the wally. idk if I heard about dewali before or after she went to an event. she said. and she stood on the back.. I think I said the wally first. and then I saw someone saying diwaly or. ye I said the wally first.. then I heard about diwali. because my comment is 1 month old. and the video where I heard diwali is 3 weeks old

[@marcos31311]

your video is 4 weeks old and 1 month is more than 4 weeks

[@marcos31311]

so it must be 5 weeks or more

[@romanussaal712]

Historical Indians & Bantus are couzins... Zulus,Xhosas are couzins very few people knows that...

[@sylviamaua745]

Bantus originate from the Congo Basin, Cameroon, Gabon and Angola. Bantus migrated from these places to east and southern Africa. Zulus and Xhosas are Bantu. I do not know of any relationship, please explain how Indians are cousins with Bantu peoples?

[@romanussaal712]

@@sylviamaua745 That's half a history ..Indian is not a Clan or tribal name ....Before getting deeper into History "There are information available first Google it .To gve you guideline Bantu migration started from Ame/rica to Af/rica ...🤣🤣🤣

[@sylviamaua745]

@@romanussaal712 Bantu migration began more than 2000 years ago long before the transatlantic slave trade. Education is free and not only on Google - you need some.

[@romanussaal712]

@@sylviamaua745 Teach me something I don't know ...What is new in what you telling ..To add Google are perfectly for You...Don't claim to be smart here on social Media...

[@romanussaal712]

Nothing new in what you telling me...,🤣🤣..Where do I despute what you telling me....Stupid doesn't have a owner..., 😭

[@manojkumarramdutt9752]

Aweh...great chat n reminiscing brings back my family n our upbringing. ....so many similarities...al that has been lost today.....so sad

[@warheadrecordsaus]

Do you speak Afrikaans?

[@SandhiraChetty]

Nah, incredibly little

[@prayagaramakrishna3977]

sugarcane labourers

[@theyassembled]

Happy birthday Sam's family, I'm a black aspiring to marry an Indian lady, any impactful tips for me?

[@SandhiraChetty]

Learn how to cook one lukker mutton curry

[@theyassembled]

@@SandhiraChetty oh wow, thanks, this will help a lot

[@TKM320]

@@theyassembled Heelaa Monna wa swaswa kapo? O rata makuula 🤣😭 lona bapedi/tsoana le a makatsa ka 'nete. Mofomara

[@theyassembled]

@@TKM320 a ko ingketlele monna ka explor'a batho ba ma fatshe a mangwe 😂😂😆😆

[@TKM320]

@@theyassembled I congratulate you. Plus le basadi ba setso sa rona ba ratana le mefuta e meng ya banna. ke batla coloured.

[@mamaneedsahome360]

How could you have lived through watching South Africans being killed and denied rights. You could have returned to India. Just like Indians in East Africa.

[@kagimanye1757]

You have to do research. As much as they were looking out for themselves during the struggle with Apartheid, they also played a big role in the overall struggle against apartheid.

[@mamaneedsahome360]

@@kagimanye1757 lies. Thankfully South Africans are dealing with immigration status problems.

[@manojkumarramdutt9752]

n mam Sandhira sitting so proud...love your smile💌