Dears, The Portuguese spelling MIGUEL is one alphabet shorter than the Spanish MINGUEL. For some inexplicable reason many Goans prefer to write the Spanish version though we were a Portuguese colony for 451 years ...without a single year under Spain! I thank Paulo for doing the needful.
Is Eugene Correia related to Telo Mascarenhas to be interested in his bigamy or otherwise? Personal matters are of no relevance to the "Freedom Struggle". Would Telo be less of a Freedom Fighter if he was a Trigamist or Polygamist ...or a bachelor? No need of a letter to the Editor. I will ask Flaviano when I meet him. I have seen the VCD and made a big noise about it till I was heard. Two months later, the Parrikar Government fell. The VCD was NOT the cause ...but an aggravating factor. Flaviano did not have the right answers about the VCD except that Cuncolim was not properly represented in Goa's history ...and the bloody Brahmin historians did not much about the Kshatriya Desais. Funny. Flaviano was born in a Catholic family of Dias [formerly Desai, perhaps] and he later "converted" to atheism and communism. So where does the pride in the Desai clan and the Kshatriya/Chardo caste come from? Casteist Communism? I asked him. No answer to this date. Manohar Parrikar is not willing to accept that the VCD was a mistake even today. He claims it was an effort to preserve history ...for posterity, of course. Soon he may be a part of political history of Goa .....like Dilkush Desai or Ramakant Khalap. He is already suffering hallucinations and calling a former teacher, with an M.Phil in Latin American studies from Goa University, a Naxalite. Mog asundi Miguel Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:33:02 +0100 From: "Paulo Colaco Dias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] June 18 -- Let the Revolution Begin I will never understand why some Goans slaughter the very nice name Miguel into Minguel. This is more common in the Goan world than one may think. I know that Miguel Braganza is Miguel, not Minguel and he always signs as Miguel. So lets not slaughter his name to Minguel. Anyway, I just wanted to add my two cents to this useless (one more) discussion. FACTS: I do not know if Telo got divorced or not. If he did, he may have got divorced outside Portugal, but if that divorce was not registered in Portugal, then he was still married in Portugal under Portuguese law and he could not get married again anywhere in the world. This has always been the case and is true even today! Best regards Paulo Colaco Dias. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:goanet- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eugene Correia > Sent: 20 June 2008 07:20 > Dear Minguel, I would like to know further if Telo was, in fact, married to two women, > though I know of Elsa and if the bigamy charge was justified. I never raised > the point of "bigamy" but the doctor from Bahamas. > As for pension, I have said that the government should scrutinize the > papers of new freedom fighters. And as for Flaviano, I have not seen the > VCD. Only Flaviano can answer why he chose to bring in Dr. Menezes's name > now. Perhaps a letter to the editor of the paper could be the way to raise > the point. > > > Eugene -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.