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Dear Martin, You may find the answer at the Central Library and the Historical Archives of Goa, both at Panjim and with Fr. Pratap Naik, who is based in Porvorim, Goa and is part of the Thomas Stevens Konkani Kendre, which researches Konkani. Other books of interest a) History of Christians in Coastal Karnataka (Origin, development of Christian Settlement) by Pius Fidelis Pinto 71 pages b) The Christian impact of South Kanara (1999) by Dr. Kranti Farias c) Saraswati's Children - Alan Machado (Prabhu), who calls the christian community " a fusionof two important historical and cultural elements - their Aryan inheritance from their original home on the banks of the Saraswati river, and their Lusitanian legacy following the Portuguese conquest of Goa and the conversion to Catholicism" Researches who have worked on these books have found useful source of information at the above library and Archives. I hope you too will find the answers N.B. This info was passed to me by a friend, who had seen an article on the Herald dated 17-04-2001 titled "Goa's lost children look back at their roots .....from Mangalore" by Frederick Noronha; would like to have a copy of these books and wonder if goanet could help in finding out in which bookshop they are available. Val
