Send Gifts across India from Philippines

The Indian settlements in the Philippines date back to pre historic times. The south Indian connection to the Indonesian archipelago and the Malay Peninsula extend to even to this country of the Philippines. Along with the Sindhis and Punjabis, there are therefore a good many Tamil from India living here. The Hindu Majapahit, Khmer empire and the Buddhist Srivijaya have greatly influenced the Indian connection of the Philippines. The baniya or trading class from India who later converted to Islam too settled in some particular areas. During the later half of the eighteenth century, Indian soldiers of the British Indian Empire too arrived here in the Philippines and stayed back there. They married Filipina brides and permanently settled there. A huge portion of Indians married local girls to settle in the Philippines more in comparison to Indians in other countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. This was probably because those countries being predominantly Muslim, the Indian Hindus refrained from marrying to settle there. But the local religions of the Philippines posed no bar for the Hindu religion. There are even some Indian Catholics settling there by marrying Christian Filipina girls.

Tamils in Philippines and Sikhs and Sindhis settled and now called themselves Filipina Indians. They observe their Indian festivals in their Indianised way to boast off their heritage of culture. They observe all the Indian festivals of culture and religion here in the Philippines. To connect with their Indian connection this Indian population apart from practicing Indian cultural festivals and observing the worshipping of Indian Gods and Goddesses in the form of pujas, also communicate with their relatives and near and dear ones and send them gifts, all with the intention of giving all back home the feeling that how much they still care. The Indian festival celebration has exchanging of gift practice as an integral part of the culture and Indians always take up this opportunity to send gifts to all the kith and keens. The Indians in the Philippines living miles apart from their dear ones in home in India also do not wish to fall back and took up this scope to send gifts back home. The Indians here are middle class and high class affluent people and they intend to send good gifts.

In this connection, a reference may be made of the company called GiftsAcrossIndia which operate over the Internet by their website Gifts across India.com. There are a myriad range of gifts offered by the company on its website starting from watches, to perfume to electronic goods like laptops, iPods, cameras, mobiles etc. One can buy cakes, chocolates and flowers, dry fruits and dates, garments and a various number of showpieces on offer. The person intending to gift anything to any part of India may log in to the website of this company and choose from among the varieties of gifts on offer in the web gallery. The chosen gift may be paid for and order may be made to deliver to any part of India from the Philippines. There are over five hundred destinations in India which have been identified and included in the database of the company and where gifts can be sent anytime by any means.