Dear Cecil Your goanet posting sounds like real progress to me, slow but sure.
In the very distant past, most of our Goykars married within the village itself and the most sought after matchmakers were those who went from house to house offering their services such as tailors or those who sold produce such as the milk, vegetable or pao man or woman and these matchmakers also provided an "unofficial" vetting service when it came to families. In my family, both my parents come from Saligao. Today, when our Goykar youngsters abroad marry outside the community, no one asks, which village do you come from? In fact one lady said to me the other day of her English son-in-law, "you know Rose, he loves sorpotel", make of this what you will. Rose Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 7 October 2014
