10-24-2007, 04:50 PM
'I will have a lot to tell the Queen'
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>India has a tiny Dutch expat population. </b>
Quite a bit less probably than it did 350 to 400 odd years ago when the Dutch East Indian Company was finding a foothold in South India in towns like Tuticorin, Kochi and Pulicat. But a recognisable population nevertheless.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who is visiting India on a state visit after 21 years (although she was in Rajasthan, India for the millennium new year with her family), plans to meet this Dutch community, who will assemble in Bangalore for the occasion
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->'I think there must be about 100 Dutch people in India. I don't know. I think maybe 50. I will be the only Dutch restaurateur to meet her. The rest are all boring corporate people who work in banks, insurance and investment banking. I think I will be the most dymanic among them and I am sure I will have a lot to tell her
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>India has a tiny Dutch expat population. </b>
Quite a bit less probably than it did 350 to 400 odd years ago when the Dutch East Indian Company was finding a foothold in South India in towns like Tuticorin, Kochi and Pulicat. But a recognisable population nevertheless.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who is visiting India on a state visit after 21 years (although she was in Rajasthan, India for the millennium new year with her family), plans to meet this Dutch community, who will assemble in Bangalore for the occasion
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->'I think there must be about 100 Dutch people in India. I don't know. I think maybe 50. I will be the only Dutch restaurateur to meet her. The rest are all boring corporate people who work in banks, insurance and investment banking. I think I will be the most dymanic among them and I am sure I will have a lot to tell her
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