the family of Oswin Mascarenhas hailed from the village of Sangolda - where a lot of Karachi Goans originated from. He was one of nine children - five of whom comprised Sr Millie, Sr Bertha, Fr Luperc, Fr Tarsus & Fr Canisius. The last named is the only one living. Regards Fausto
the Hindu Goa must have spread as far as Karachi. Since there was no ocean to cross nothing would have stopped him. Another important facet of the Karachi Goan migration was how they blended almost indistinguishably with Anglo-Indians and East Indians, similar to Burma but not so in East Africa. Best regards,selma Incidentally, one fact that is rarely considered with regard the Goans of Karachi is the small but persistent presence of Hindu Goans in the community. At one point, their number included the great language protagonist Shenoi Goembab. Even today, I understand there are a few Goan-descended Hindu jewellers who live in Karachi. These numbers must have been significant at the turn-of-the-century when the city was part of a booming Bombay Presidency, just as both Hindu and Catholic migrants from Goa built new lives in Bombay and Poona. review of Oswin Mascarenhas' book about Goan migration to Pakistan and the formation of Cinncinatus town in Karachi. Oswin's book is available on Amazon kindle. -------------------------------------'Nothing fascinates memore than turn-of-the-century Goan history for the sheer audacity, perseveranceand intellectual vibrancy of its intrepid migrations. It is not a coincidencethat these migrations, once transplanted elsewhere, went about doggedlybuilding Catholic churches and parochial schools, for it is European Catholicismwhich ironically broke the stranglehold of the communal and replaced it withindividualism, enabling migration. Driven by self-interest, Goans would venturefar; the concept of community would no longer be bound to geography. Much likethe Jewish diaspora, it would be held together by abstract notions of religion,culture and a curious Anglicisation.From Karachi comes afascinating book, The Origin andEvolution of St. Lawrence’s Parish by Oswin Mascarenhas, which sheds lighton the Goan migration to Pakistan, and the formation of Cincinnatus town and St.Lawrence’s parish. The Karachi diasporapredates that of East Africa by a good fifty years. By 1858, when Goans werejust venturing into Zanzibar, the J. CMisquita bakery was already thriving at Saddar. The importance of Catholicbakeries and butcheries cannot be underestimated; they acted as generalcontractors for flour, bread, beef, vegetables and provisions to Englishsettlements and cantonments. In a very real sense, they were the vanguard of Goanmigration. Eventually, every venture inthe diaspora, be it the Goan club or the Goan business, was intimately linkedto the Catholic church thus creating a overlapping history.'Full text at : http://www.goastreets.com/pakistan-home/ __._,_.___ | Reply via web post | • | Reply to sender | • | Reply to group | • | Start a New Topic | • | Messages in this topic (4) | Visit Your Group • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___#yiv4962308022 #yiv4962308022 -- #yiv4962308022ygrp-mkp {border:1px solid #d8d8d8;font-family:Arial;margin:10px 0;padding:0 10px;}#yiv4962308022 #yiv4962308022ygrp-mkp hr {border:1px solid #d8d8d8;}#yiv4962308022 #yiv4962308022ygrp-mkp #yiv4962308022hd {color:#628c2a;font-size:85%;font-weight:700;line-height:122%;margin:10px 0;}#yiv4962308022 #yiv4962308022ygrp-mkp #yiv4962308022ads {margin-bottom:10px;}#yiv4962308022 #yiv4962308022ygrp-mkp .yiv4962308022ad {padding:0 0;}#yiv4962308022 #yiv4962308022ygrp-mkp .yiv4962308022ad p {margin:0;}#yiv4962308022 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