On 07/07/06, Frederick FN Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Gadgil, When I mention a section who retained loyalties to the > British, I didn't even remotely mean the Anglo-Indians. Being a > community which was part-British and part-Indian, their own > dual-loyalties could be well understood. It is nobody's case that > Goans are part-Portuguese (except a very miniscule segment). Nobody > doubts our, er, South Asian identity (to avoid a huge debate over > whether it's Indian, or how long back India existed, whether it was a > pre-1947 reality, etc...)
RESPONSE: Fred, believe it or not, in East Africa, Goans set themselves apart, ( From Indians) most if not all alluded to being Portuguese! Indeed many had Portuguese Passports, including my mother! When I posted a slight anti bias against the Portuguese football team recently on Goanet, I received a lot of direct abuse in my inbox!!!! So you can make what you want of it, perhaps 'blood is thicker' than water? -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
