The Chindian Diaries_The Breakfast Show Deepavali Special on NTV7

Two wonderful Chindians from The Chindian Diaries project, Sherlyn Yap-Nair and Tabby Rani were featured on Malaysia's NTV7 The Breakfast Show on the eve of Deepavali. They were interviewed by Lisa and Naz, both mixed and Chindians themselves.
Thank you for speaking and sharing your stories so passionately, Sher and Tabby!
Many thanks to NTV7 for featuring the project.

[@lsabellepissa1274]

I'm a Thai-Chindian from Malaysia🇲🇾 & I speaks 5 languages. Proud to be born mixed 😍.

[@dineshganyarpawar5441]

What are those language?

[@lsabellepissa1274]

@@dineshganyarpawar5441 Thai, Chinese, Tamil, English and Malay languages.

[@dineshganyarpawar5441]

@@lsabellepissa1274 that's great. I know three languages Marathi Hindi and English. Studied japanese but was just basic so can tbe counted. Want to learn Tamil and Sanskrit.

[@lsabellepissa1274]

@@dineshganyarpawar5441 good for you.

[@lsabellepissa1274]

@Jacky Phantom its not funny k. My Mom is a Siamese-Chinese. Its because of Her Grandmother is a Thai Woman married to Her GrandPa, a Chinese Man from Guangzhou & They both settle down in the northern region of Malaysia in (Perlis) which was once belong to the Country call Siam. Which is later known as Thailand. Then my Mom got married to my Indian father who was working as Police officers guarding the border between Thailand & Malaysia in Padang Besar, Perlis (Malaysia).

[@thomashom7514]

My grandkids are Chindians in the USA. I and the parents encourage them to speak Hindi, Cantonese and Mandarin besides English. It warms my heart to see diversity in our society.

[@lsabellepissa1274]

Glad to hear that... May God bless every multiracial community on earth. I'm a Thai-Chindian & speaks 5 languages.

[@sahadevanpillai8243]

I'm also a chindian mum is Chinese from Hong Kong and dad is from Kerala India bravozulu

[@rational0]

Chindians are the best. They have best of both worlds making great humans for a world without borders.

[@dharsana1]

Chindians are so freaking pretty!!!!! Mix ppl in general are just beautiful

[@Luxyglamlife]

yeah my kids are mixed. black and white

[@taj-sid]

@S W That fucking rude,

[@dineshganyarpawar5441]

@S O she's Indian and we are proud of being black. Now tell me what next.

[@wyrnmochi3808]

Not in my case,im not handsome at all😂😂😂

[@agnithesuryavanshi522]

That's not true actually. Experiment don't always gets correct result you know 😑

[@alexischeong4730]

My son is a Chindian...it's so good to find this for him to watch. 😉

[@ravintharveeramuthu5666]

hello guys i am an chindian. my father was a pure indian .he born in india.my mother was pure chinese but adopted by my indian grandparents. then both of them married and born me and my brothers as a chindian children as because we got chinese blood flowing in my body.i always go to temple and tokong as i am mixture of both races.we maybe not like pure chinese but we got chinese characteristic.

[@thechindiandiaries]

Hi Ravinthar, Thank you for the comment - wouod you like to share your story and photos for the project - do email [e-mail]

[@LINESTELECOMCORDEDTELEPHONES]

ravinthar veeramuthu can you suggest me any idea to marry a chinese?

[@Shubh-sg6qd]

Amazing!!!

[@sahashranshubarik9204]

i was in Malaysia. i was staying in Kepong and Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur in for more than a year in 2016. now i am in India. but missing Malaysia a lot.

[@YVR1975]

My niece and nephew are Chinindian ..and they are beautiful 😊

[@madhubhatia1421]

I am surprise Chindian Not heard in India. But came to know from youtube Exist in Malaysia or other countries. So nicely Indians and Chinese Cultures exchanged and Adapted Within family 🙏 Jai Hind. God bless 🙏🎉

[@luverboy27]

I like Naz seems to be a sensible man with good choice of words.

[@melissar5261]

Naz is marrying to an Eurasian. His wife is of Aussie + Chinese background

[@namelesswarrior4760]

I'm loving the exotic looks as a Chinese brother. So proud to have you guys as part of the family. This is the true definitions of the best of both worlds!

[@Aviatorspot]

Wow! A truly multiraciall mix Malaysian!

[@jessicamorales2555]

i am latin american. here everything is about mixed races. we still perceive differences, but we do not have this interesting concept of race. has been fun to see how things work in the other side of the world

[@ashshin7460]

that is just too adorable !!! I need to put more entries on the FB page.. liked them years ago ...

[@amiller8023]

So uplifting ,positive and optimistic is what is not a an easy society....makes me teary

[@JuLee]

Love that this interview was done.... I can relate.

[@RUHappyATM]

Wow, celebrating CNY and Deepavali. That would be the dream of a child.

[@karthikeyankadarkarai3141]

Karthik from Tamilnadu... Chinese and Tamils has matrimony relationship dating back to 1000+ years because of international business. It is nice to see that recently happening in Singapore. Tamil word சப்பானி is to note people of Japanese Chinese features..

[@romamanocha]

Nice interview and nice to see Chindians being acknowledged.- by the way Indian is not a language - its a nationality. It would hv been nice if the hosts asked which indian language they spoke...rather than appear ignorant of the fact that there are many Indian languages.

[@sejalgupta6641]

This couple is looking so good in kurta & sari , really gorgeous

[@dabe6919]

Very interesting ... I found the discussion intelligent and all having interesting perspectives. 😁

[@samvelu8253]

It's a wonderful programme. Must have many like these. A social media like KZbin based can reach more widely. My best wishes.🙏🙏

[@useruser-zi4fr1um9o]

This was such a fun episode...I want to see the next part of rangoli?

[@cbhim2709]

They are beautiful...

[@nutanpajpani4949]

Wow amazing

[@lovelyroses1803]

Its so beautiful 😻

[@sushiltete1708]

I really to listen and see you guys growing healthy. 👌👍

[@tenzinchuki9302]

Mix is so beautiful

[@shashank5199]

that lady host was super hot

[@louroaloysius1922]

she is beautiful

[@melissar5261]

I thought she was of Malay origin, not till I saw her "Chinese" name(Lisa Wong), I knew immediately that she was a Chindian

[@Klaharnchaiya]

Malaysia Truly Asia

[@tjinc002]

You guys are so funny I love you guys

[@natashakershaw5581]

Very pretty lady...

[@Potato_Happy9]

Beautiful ❤

[@michaelmallah5218]

All luk vry nice

[@brigdrsurendermohansharma3031]

A better and a good new race. Lovely children.

[@darknevin]

Go chindian!

[@kannankumarasamy7412]

DIAMOND 💎 EXCELLENT THANKS

[@susantadeb7666]

Come to Darjeeling, Kathmandu or Simla.

[@gentleman2410]

I saw lots of chindian couples in KL and some in SG, very normal in Malaysia not so much in the states. Kids are beautiful tho.

[@ummulteacher563]

anita.... u look like young rekha d bollywood movie star. u hv very gud features and u look fab in d saree. u really made justice to d saree.

[@samvelu8253]

Say No to Race. You are all are God gifted and God blessed families. Love is God. 🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹

[@janamejaykumar5326]

加油，你们是真正的老虎。

[@bromancerules28]

I wonder whether there are Chindians mistaken for Nepalese too? I mean, the Nepalese also look Chindian and they also wear clothes similar to Indians.

[@Sushilchandralamsal]

Do some research about Nepal first.

[@nepacallingnp5537]

Datuk Awang Kelana well, Nepalese has its own culture, language and ethnic dresses. In most of the cases, it is bit different from Indian. Moreover, there are mostly two types of races one is mangoloid and the other one is aryan. Since 80% of the people are hindu and the people living in mid hills and plain areas women mostly wear kinda Indian types of dresses and the culture is also more inclined towards India. However, people living in high hills in the northern region they are more inclined towards Tibetan culture and wear tibetan kinda dress.

[@miragurung7782]

Actually in my sister's uni, there was a girl who was chindian and my sister and her friends on their first meeting just casually spoke to her in Nepalese thinking she was Nepalese so yes they look very similar to Nepalese.

[@billiejean83]

When will Indians erase this misconceptions that all Nepalese look mongoloid - being the most nearest neighbours??!!... Nepal have one largest ethnicity called as Khas Aryans (Hill Aryans or Pahadis), who for Indians are non-existent because of their ignorance... Khas Aryans of Hills of Nepal and Aryans of Uttrakhand, Himachal (Pahadi) share same kind of culture, surname, etc... So the Khas Aryans of Nepal can be confused with Aryans of Uttrakhad, Himachal and Kashmir.

[@yoloswag1357]

@@billiejean83 dont you nepalese also think all indians look like biharis? the 'misconceptions' work both ways.

[@yourfavoritenetcitizen6525]

The hosts are really good looking. Also as American I would guess they were Nepali etc if I didn't they were mixed.

[@richJinny]

Ms. Wong looks smoking hot!

[@sarahramos2919]

Recently, I found out that my great great-grandparents were Chinese and Indian. I can only imagine their lives in the 1900s. Thank you for sharing your lives and stories!

[@amritasahu9069]

India+ China: Yummy food

[@Sweetetika]

@@satyenderkumar6798 have you ever had Chinese food ?

[@Sweetetika]

@@satyenderkumar6798 Then you are the weirdest person because of how coronavirus spread from bat and one other reptile is not yet confirmed.

[@Sweetetika]

@@satyenderkumar6798 You are vegan aka you don't drink the milk also?

[@kamakshijolly4156]

Good initiative

[@lovebeautyintegrity6261]

In Malaysia and Singapore, the word Indian refers to Tamils or mainly south Sikhs are called punjabi or "Baayi":) or North indian

[@thetonedeaftenors]

Chindians tend to be very good looking! I think a lot of the bullies were just jealous really.I don't really think they look like most Malays, some Malays maybe.

[@melissar5261]

Not all Chindians are good looking. No offence

[@wyrnmochi3808]

@@melissar5261 yup yo're right

[@ramcool82]

One important question they should have asked what they love and hate in both cultures

[@tjinc002]

First of all let me say I love your Channel I can understand about being a mixed race family I came from a mixture of variety of race but my identity still is Chinese I can see your problems I can see your benefits and beneficial from being mixed race, however as missing race peoples we encounter many difficulty of in the Mingle with our own kinds we do not know which way do we really fit in and then again I can claim all side as my peoples

[@denalaurens]

Native Americans are Chindians.

[@thechindiandiaries]

Thanks Dena. Yes I have read in other places that Chindians are also a term for mixed Native Americans.In this regard, the word Chindian in terms of Malaysia and Singapore is really an unofficial term for those with a Chinese/Indian. Check out this artist who did a comparison between Indian and Native Indian. www.annumatthew.com/PortfolioAn_Indian_from_India%201/index.html

[@KunalBajpaiKanpur]

This is first video I have seen that has not been unlinked yet.

[@thechindiandiaries]

***** Not sure what you mean?

[@KunalBajpaiKanpur]

Chindian Diaries - This is actually a compliment & sarcastic to the fact even the best & positive videos are unliked by youtube community. It was a positive remark that the video wasn't unliked by anybody.

[@gatheringleaves]

Chindian Diaries Are Chindians more common in India or China?

[@gatheringleaves]

***** Oh really, that's fascinating!

[@gatheringleaves]

+kushal reddy Also, don't forget the West Bengal region, particularly Kolkata!

[@AmiyaBoo]

Chindians are awesome! I'm Indian and my husband is Chinese. Check out our kids on our channel!

[@thechindiandiaries]

Thanks guys! Love it. Do check out the page on Facebook too.

[@srrahman001]

The Lil Chindians

[@mohdhadizam6239]

Ada pengkaji mengatakan..bangsa melayu..asalnya dari campuran dari bangsa india dan cina dan setengah2 arab..berlaku beribu2 tahun dahulu..ada org nepal yg negara sempadan dgn china dan india pun rupa spt melayu..kajian dna mungkin mengesahkan dalam dna melayu brp peratus cina ,brp peratus india dan brp peratus bangsa lain

[@jerrycart1450]

its a bit confusing to me but I like this mix very much wouldnt mind a chindian wife

[@amyroman2779]

Short hair girl looks like my gf.. 😁

[@hafizkamaruddin7843]

So Chindian can joint MCA or MIC....i m so confused

[@vasimac6743]

People like you. I dont know lah what to say

[@malinibhaskar847]

Did the interviewer lady actually ask her if she could speak INDIAN?! WTF

[@gparamaeswary7276]

Yeah , l was shocked too. The 2 ladies didnt correct her.

[@CN-xj4rt]

Chindian就是中国人啦，欢迎大家回国看看

[@gatheringleaves]

Nazrudin Rahman looks 100 percent Chinese. If it wasn't for the name and accent I wouldn't even have guessed he was part anything else.

[@avidika882]

he looks chindian

[@gatheringleaves]

Smash He looks Chinese

[@avidika882]

that is not how chinese look. you are blind

[@jayab.9384]

I 1st thought Naz was a Chinese....

[@gatheringleaves]

Okay, maybe his features are a little Indian, but still mostly Chinese. I guess he looks like a Nepali.

[@lentekrokus7936]

oh god how complicated

[@sonamjordanma452]

They look like Nepalese. I wonder if origin of Nepalese are born from Chindian.

[@rbsriprasanthibnair1786]

Nepal was part of the Indian diaspora. Hence the cultural similarity.

[@flamermelody2084]

actually they also look like Malay or Indonesian or Filipinos. I am a Filipino one of the woman the one that has lighter skin can easily be mistaken for a Filipino. She looks like one of my auntie and many of my neighbors.

[@lp4202]

Nobody is Chindian in Nepal, chutiya (ie. the hybrid of Indian & chinese)... In Nepal, they are either pure Mongolian or pure Aryan. They are not mixed. They exist as separate entity. Yes, Nepal is country of Mongoloid + Aryan ppl, but they are not mixed.

[@yoloswag1357]

@@lp4202 are you serious? how do you explain your tharus, thakuris, chhetris, newars, etc. Chettris are literally formed on the basis of bahun men marrying mongol women hisotrically speaking and chhetris form 16% of nepal. then add newars (5%), thaurs (6%). Add on th dalits like kamis/bishwokarmas who are pretty much half mongol/half aryan too. Thats about 25-30% mixed folks right there. even 'aryan bahuns' have some tibetan mix and 'mongol' groups have some aryan mix.

[@lp4202]

@@yoloswag1357 Back ur statement with proof.. Chhetris (Kshetriyas) are warrior clan.. Just like in India, there is Brahmin and Khsetriya, in Nepal there are Bahun & Chhetris. Newars do look like Chindians tho (mixed ethnicity) or more of indigenous Mexican - however they never identify themselves as being mongoloid, as you can find Newars, some with Aryan features & some with mongolian...

[@hanak2159]

I guess north and east Indians are Chindians.

[@kb18945]

I wish I married a chindian to have cute kids. 😭😭😭 no chance now. I am already married and ready to adopt kids 🙂🙂

[@yneshAshanti]

Something’s just a little bit off about the way they tried to pull this off. 😹

[@almurabitun]

The concept of "Chindian" is not really rare at all. In Sylhet and Chittagong regions of Bangladesh the people are a mix of Indo Aryan, Dravidian and Tibeto-Burmese tribes who created the people of those regions.

[@mandeepsekhon]

damn the presenter she is hot!!!!!

[@edeng3723]

Sad that they proudly say they are fluent in Mandrin and Cantonese but not Tamil.

[@hongsienkwee537]

She could speak Tamil, but not fluently, true....Tamil is a very tough language though :-)

[@misterbombasticgralak]

hongsien kwee are ou kidding? Then mandarin & cantonese is not tough ??

[@hongsienkwee537]

I don't know if you ever heard Tamil, but Tamil sounds very monotonous, try to distinguish the words.......tougher than putonghua and cantonese, dialects are easier as the tones really go up and down, putonghua as spoken in northern china, is more monotonous than the dialects (dialects has more tones though)

[@saffrondominic4585]

I’ve experienced teaching EAP (English for Academic Purposes) to Chinese students. The common problem with them is they’re very monotonous and they have problem using stress in a wrong place?

[@thetonedeaftenors]

Who are they? Just Malaysian, lah! haha

[@steinleo2498]

Seems like smart ,well i don't know

[@paul-hh9oc]

Chindians were created at the time of Noahs grand children's time

[@drithi123]

I totally adore chindians...but isnt it a wee bit weird that most of them conveniently do not speak Tamil and kind of manage with 2 or more dialects in chinese!!!?

[@thechindiandiaries]

Thank you Aarthi - it has to do with their education. Sheryln went to a Chinese school, unsure about Tabby. Its usually the case with some Chindians, and it depends on how strong the Indian or Chinese side is. Regardless of their language skills though, most of them I'm sure feel connected to both cultures. :)

[@RGRaj_1977]

My wife's a Chindian, with a Chinese dad. She was brought up in an Indian household and can't speak Chinese. I know many Chindians (some cousins) who speak fluent Tamil, more so than some Tamilians, if you can catch my drift.

[@thechindiandiaries]

Ganesh Raj Thanks Ganesh - I've had a few stories like your wife's story, on the project as some of them were adopted to Indian families. Would you wife/you like to share your story, love to hear from you.

[@drithi123]

Dear all, thanks for the post explaining the other side of the coin.Kudos for this cute community, cheers.

[@RGRaj_1977]

Chindian Diaries I've posted my intro in Chindian Diaries before. I'm always checking out there. Unique people, this Chindian community.

[@narendrakhona1168]

VERY INTERESTING, WUD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING IF THE CHINESE WORDS WERE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.

[@mercedesbenz3751]

Indian + China = Nepal

[@ankitt2326]

Ur mum + Neighbour = U.

[@maitosensei5091]

thats how Malay was created long time ago. Sherlyn looks like a Malay

[@ManabDasiammanab]

South Asian + East Asian = South East Asian 😁

[@subv1089]

Chindians = nepalese mostly newar peoplw

[@itzhanzo586]

I have always had a massive thing for chinese and japanese girls. in the future i do want to marry one

[@mathanmohan9188]

oh my god u chindians should start learning tamil.u fellas are so proud that u can't speak tamil

[@jayab.9384]

OMG !!!! Naz is Chindian????!!! I nearly got a heart attack....Many years ago when I 1st saw him, mati mati I thought he was a Chinese...Then when i knew his name, i thought to myself...maybe he is those chinese looking Malay or maybe his parents are Malay mix Chinese.....

[@m.k.s.7417]

"The (M.K.S.!?)!!??_ -Chindian Partnership/NETwork -(TEAM)™!!"!! (Part 2!!)!!....................... Hey people (peeps); please check this out!! -M.K.S.

[@understanding.everything]

They look like nepalis 😂😂

[@chhotetharu3699]

Ok olkoa Nepal chhote Lal tharu hi hallo kchh Bipana

[@DeepVerma728]

Chindian is a nice mix, but the Brazilians of South America take the gold when it comes to beautiful mixed race people.

[@rbsriprasanthibnair1786]

Deep Verma : I totally agree. Plus, in India, all the chindians will look Indian ( normalized ).

[@TJ-ux7mc]

Not sure how that was even related to this video but ok

[@mercedesbenz3751]

Deep sharma ....have u seen the children produced from Indian father and British Mother??? Zyan malik has pakistani father and a british mom.

[@elizabethkay9061]

If you want sharp features kids, then both parents must have sharp features no matter you are Indians or Chinese. Tabby look more like southern Indians , while Tan look more like Chinese. Wong look more like northern indians, while Naz look more like Chinese.

[@2473loga]

We don't speak "Indian"

[@mathanmohan9188]

i guess the malay race is actually a mixture of Indian and Chinese.

[@gparamaeswary7276]

You cannot speak indian! You need to speak Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi etc

[@etloo1971]

Mandarin (Putonghua) had been known as Chinese language now. In the past Chinese language included Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Hailam, Teochew etc.

[@DravidianDK]

They don't look like they have Indian heritage.....they look pure east Asian. Oh my goodness, this is shocking to watch.

[@mojjim2177]

The girl in the purple looks mostly Indian

[@whm5511]

Race is an outdated concept. You don't need to be either one or the other. You should be comfortable in your own skin. Strive to be a good person. Trouble with Singapore is racism masked as multiculturalism. Singapore is relatively peaceful though.

[@ksh968]

I think these people dont knw really about Indian background/history......indians have various skintone n features. U cant conclude by looking few people. There is white to dark skin tone indians, which make u confuse, either they Persian or Indian.....my advise! Better research or get to knw their histories before on air. So that sound dont look more offense or stereotypes to both parties. Every creation is god gifted in this earth, it is depend on the individual perception. U cant say all white skin ppl are good looking and dark skin ppl are bad look.

[@AmitKumar-fb6yt]

You r indian first....Chinese then....✌✌✌✌🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@misterbombasticgralak]

Depend on the dad side

[@harinim6589]

Amit Kumar Why does Indian have to be first? I don’t think the order really matters...

[@semepara629]

Shut up...it's their choice...who r u to talk about it..

[@hoangjenq3435]

Maybe they should put Malaysian first cuz they all r born in Malaysia lol😂

[@TheGoat2367]

How come? They've also Chinese

[@aara0906]

Better call urself Chinese.. when don't speak Indian...

[@TheGoat2367]

Lol. They're technically both! Ur wrong!