I&#x27;m a Gujarati. My ancestors established businesses in most British colonies at the time, from Ceylon to Hong Kong, from Siam to Réunion, from Australia to the Suez, from Kenya to Rangoon. Our family names are based on places where our dad worked for a living. For instance, my mother&#x27;s family name is Siamwala (an indicator that my grand dad and his family were involved in international trade based in Thailand).<p>This article seems more like PR but isn&#x27;t far from truth. I think, as a community, Jews have probably outdone any one community out there.<p>In fact, a great many jewish business families in British-India adopted Gujarat, and spoke Gujarati.<p>Here&#x27;s another biased take on the topic by a Pakistani journalist:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.livemint.com&#x2F;Opinion&#x2F;WaBCEddMLH5DaM0aD5wzbN&#x2F;Why-India-is-part-dysfunctional-fully-functional.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.livemint.com&#x2F;Opinion&#x2F;WaBCEddMLH5DaM0aD5wzbN&#x2F;Why-I...</a><p>And here my answer on Quora on a related question:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quora.com&#x2F;Why-do-Gujarati-people-make-up-a-large-percentage-of-the-population-of-Mumbai-despite-the-city-being-in-the-state-of-Maharashtra&#x2F;answer&#x2F;Murtaza-Aliakbar" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quora.com&#x2F;Why-do-Gujarati-people-make-up-a-large...</a>