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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There was some small spurt in Catholic migration during and after 1961, I guess because the Portuguese government of the time was offering anyone wanting to migrate not just an easy route out, but even a free ticket (someone correct me if I'm wrong here). But while some (on both sides of the fence, including the Bernardo Colacos) would like to see only communal motivations in migration out of Goa, I doubt this argument could be sustained for too long. Catholics have migrated out of Goa long before the end of Portuguese rule in 1961. Post-1980s migration had more to do with economic reasons, and the entry that a Portuguese passport offered into the more-affluent EU. And such passports were not just restricted to Catholic Goans alone (read an article of Punjabi-raised-in-Norway starlet Monica Bedi and the suspected gangster Abu Salem ending up in Portugal, wondered if they were linked to such passports or why the choice of Portugal). Some years back, I came across 4-5 books about the Mangalorean Catholic community. It might be surprising to learn that migration out of Goa (to Mangalore, coastal Karanataka and Kerala) didn't happen always or even mainly due to religious persecution, as some try to project today. It's logical too, if religious persecution was the cause, why would Catholics migrate of out Goa in colonial times? And Hindu migration out of Goa happened in pre-colonial times, though such subjects obviously need better explanations. FN From: SHRIKANT BARVE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Multicultural Goans in Canada To: CORNEL DACOSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Its Goa Diaspora... You believe please correct me if I am wrong, that Catholic percentage of Goans left Goa after liberation is very high (may be to the extent of 90% as pointed by FN). Case may be true for the year 1961/62 but not after that. Even before liberation, when New Cabizad came under control of Protuguse many hindu families, atleast 60 families from sattari (many of them left there belongings)who are my relatives left Goa. This was may be around 1850. My grandfather come to Panaji in 1925. -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 List of Indian e-lists http://wikiwikiweb.de/MailingListsInIndia