I am thankful to my ancestors who fought off the invading "white" armies and became one of the few indigenous people in the Himalaya's to stay an Independent Nation through-out the occupation of Asia by the Europeans.
But the sad fact is they took the fighting skills of our people, the Gurkhas, and turned them into mercenaries, who fight for the British till now but are not even given the same status in pay, besides other things. And when they get old and retire they are not allowed to stay back and kicked out immediately.
Thanksgiving should remind the people of this world about the exploitation of humans in antiquity, and which never seems to end!
The Gurkhas are legendary. What the British do to them is criminal!
I have two Victoria cross holders in my family but I get refused a visa to Britain when I apply! That's how the we are treated till today!
But we have the satisfaction of knowing that we may be poor, but we carry on here without external interference and without having anyone teaching us "civilization".
We have a saying here, the White people are a good lot, but they only understand violence and we must be prepared to fight them, because they will resort to that when their fancy ideas are ignored!
Well there's the old saying that the sun never sets on the British Empire. The reason is because God doesn't trust the English in the dark!!
Haha never heard that one before, Thanks!