--- Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All this about East Indians is leading us nowhere. > Where proof is demanded, it is better to go to Olga > Valladares's thesis. I am not sure if there are > printed copies of it, but a copy of the manuscripts > is at the Bombay University. Olga has also penned a > small book, Goa and Bombay. I am not sure why Fr. > Benny Aguiar has been mentioned in this context. I > never heard of him being known as an authority on > East Indians. > Mario explains: > Eugene, Are we to gather from this that we need you to hear about something before it becomes credible, or leads us somewhere? FYI, it is leading to some important information that was missing from Bosco's repertoire. > I mentioned Fr. Benny Aguiar because Bosco was being obstreporous, so he would have a credible source for his sudden interest in the "hard evidence" of how the East Indians came to be known as East Indians, while also claiming that he wasn't interested in knowing if it was not I who was providing the hard evidence:-)) > I learned a lot about East Indian history from Fr. Benny, who is a family friend and a respected and credible senior member of the East Indian community and of the Catholic community in Mumbai. >
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