The only Indians from Johannesburg to Durban were journalists heading here to cover the Boxing Day Test between South Africa and India
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The only Indians from Johannesburg to Durban were journalists heading here to cover the Boxing Day Test between South Africa and India. However, those dimensions changed very quickly upon our arrival in this windy, coastal town.
Indian culture is embodied, from faces to food, clothes to language and music.
But the city's Indian community is far from that of its forefathers, who arrived in this country in the 19th century, mostly as labourers for local sugar plantations. In fact, someone joked that the facial features of Indians here had started to resemble the South Africans.
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"I have never visited India! What's it like there?" Sanjiv, a local here quipped when asked if he has been to his motherland.
There's major cricket frenzy here too. The locals are gearing up for the action. "AB de Villiers is going to rock you, India," a person who works at Kingsmead said.
The ground was a picture of calm during a visit last evening. The Indian team is currently in Sun City and is expected to reach Durban tomorrow.
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