------------------------------------------------------------------------ * * * 2007 ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET - GOA * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHERE: Foodland Cafe - Miramar Residency - Miramar, Goa
WHEN: December 27, 2007 @ 4:30pm More info: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2007-December/066098.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Santosh Helekar wrote: > > One very obvious strategy is this. In most parts of > India, including Goa, one bears the stamp of caste > on one's surname. So changing one's surname to a > caste-neutral one should be a good start. > Sat Dec 15 09:46:29 PST 2007 >From Carvalho elisabeth_car at yahoo.com > Since Mario Goveia once told us that an entire town in Portugal is named after his family-name, we can safely assume his family comes from the higher echelons of Goan creme-de-la-creme. > Mario responds: > Selma, > I hope you are not trying to replace Aunty Ponty, whose well of wit and wisdom seems to have run dry:-)) > While your assumption regarding the creme happens to be quite correct, the path was no accident of birth, but good old fashioned education and hard work, which I recommend to all and sundry whoeheartedly. > Selmma wrote: > As for me, since I've recently been dubbed a caste-apologist by Mario, I'm getting rid of this Arabic Gulfie name my parents gave me, and changing it to Ana Maria de Costa e Pinto de Figaro Figaro Figaro. > Mario observes: > Selmabai, please don't kid yourself, with your own words you dubbed yourself a caste-apologist far better than I ever could. > The name used to be Elizabeth - and still is in the email address - then Selma, now Ana Maria. Different names on the outside, same old, ...er, VERY young person on the inside. > See, Santosh has already made clear that name changes today would only work for Hindus. Christians already did that way back when they were converted. Fooled only themselves. No one else believed they were Portuguese. They hung on to their castes as well - not very Christian. > Re-defining caste did not work either as Gilbert discovered:-)) > This shows that the change for Christians, and agnostics and atheists with Christian names, must come from within. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spread the Christmas Cheer, even when you're not here! Send classic greetings to your loved ones in Goa. EXPRESSIONS - 2007 Christmas Hamper Visit http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ Or e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------