Many fathers have claimed paternity for the World Goa Day. Including Goa Sudharop since 2000 [https://www.goasudharop.net/worldgoannetwork], Rane Barretto since around the same time [ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goans-across-the-world-gear-up-to-celebrate-20th-world-goa-day-to-reconnect-virtually/articleshow/78818144.cms] or the World Alliance of Goan Associations [ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goans-across-the-world-gear-up-to-celebrate-20th-world-goa-day-to-reconnect-virtually/articleshow/78818144.cms] again from the mysterious year 2000. 😂 Some in the Gulf though have been saying that they've has this event since the 1980s, and maybe the idea was cut-and-pasted from them. Whatever the case, cyberspace connected Goan communities and made it happen, though it didn't end Goan factionalism. Which is they they say, if you have two Goans, you can start a party, three you can have a coup, three-and-half could create a revolution, and four you'll have three parties...