On 20 August 2011 17:11, George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com wrote:
These are accurate numbers from the World Center of Population studies:
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
Hope this helps.
George, I won't be as pessimistic as you. Over my years of interaction, I've
come to believe that there are an amazing number of people doing fascinating
work across the Goa/Goan world -- in Goa, in the diaspora.
But you need to search hard to find these gems. Often they get
underrecognised and
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
Frederick, what I wrote below was my optimistic view of Goans. Perhaps at
another time I will share my pessimistic view. George
--- On Sat, 8/20/11, Frederick FN Noronha wrote:
George, I won't be as pessimistic as you.
On 20 August 2011 21:41, George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com
wrote:
On 21 August 2011 20:40, George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com wrote:
Frederick, what I wrote below was my optimistic view of Goans. Perhaps
at another time I will share my pessimistic view. George
George, It's easy to be pessimistic from afar. The challenge is to
find reason for optimism.
Hi Fred,
Speaking of Goans in the London and Outer London
Areas, maybe Stella Mascarenhas-Keyes or even
our Eddie Fernandes(Goan Voice UK), may be the
best to provide you with this info? On the wider U.K. scale, I can't think
of anyone who would have this information. Perhaps Flavio Gracias as
To play devil's advocate: just because some villages were better organised
(or more networked) than others, it might give the impression that they
were/are larger in number.
This might not be necessarily true.
Are any statistics maintained in, say, countries like the UK, that give a
person's
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
On 20 August 2011 11:48, Mervyn Elsie Maciel
mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Fred,
Speaking of Goans in the London and Outer London
Areas, maybe Stella Mascarenhas-Keyes or even
our Eddie Fernandes(Goan Voice UK), may be the
best to provide you with this info? On the wider U.K.
From: Mervyn Maciel
Speaking of Goans in the London and Outer London Areas, maybe Stella
Mascarenhas-Keyes or even Eddie Fernandes or Flavio Gracias as President of
the Goan Association(UK)?
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RESPONSE:
I attended a pre Global Goans Convention meeting in
On 20 August 2011 17:11, 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.
Hope this helps.
George
RESPONSE: By
On 20 August 2011 19:05, Eddie Fernandes eddie.fernan...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mervyn Maciel
Speaking of Goans in the London and Outer London Areas, maybe Stella
Mascarenhas-Keyes or even Eddie Fernandes or Flavio Gracias as President
of
the Goan Association(UK)?
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
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