Comment: I too agree with George Pinto. If I might add: The Goans who are convinced they are not Indians ( yes, DNA analyses be damned) are more likely to reside out of India, lost in the diaspora and living as brown-faced Portuguese, by choice. Thereby making all guesstimates to count them even more futile. And questionable. Best, I. Nunes (brown faced Indian) Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote: What George has said below is very close to the truth. But I also want to state the positive side of Goans:
8. Indian citizen Goans who believe and accept that they are Indians: 14,57,623 Indian citizen Goans who believe they are non-Indians: 100 Indian citizen Goans who are anti-Indian: 15 Indian citizen Goans who believe they are Portuguese: 5 --- On Sat, 8/20/11, George Pinto <georgejpi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > These are accurate numbers from the > World Center of Population studies: > > 1. Goans who think they are special compared to other > Indians: 10,00,000. > Goans who actually are: 5. > > 2. Goans who are all talk and no action: 5,00,000. > Goans who actually do something positive: > 100. > > 3. Goans who say corruption is a problem: 2,50,000. > Goans who are corrupt: 7,50,000. > > 4. Goans who are a petty, mean-spirited, miserable lot: > 5,00,000 > Goans who are not: 5. > > 5. Goans who take credit for someone else's efforts: > 1,00,000. > Goans who give credit when due: 10. > > 6. Goans who think riff-raff white tourists in Goa > are superior to them: 5,00,000. > Goans who do not have this problem: 10. > > 7. Goans who think "help they neighbour" is important: > 10,00,000. > Goans who actually do: 10. > > Hope this helps. > > George >
