Hi Floriano, Did your forefathers know where the boundaries of Goa would end up? Also, what if the history of Portuguese conquests in Goa had been different? Were you considered "Goan" before Bardez and Salcete were joined to the islands :-) FN
2010/1/10 floriano <floriano.l...@gmail.com> > PS: I am pround of my forefathers for having opted for the former and for > handing me the aura of being a Goan, which is certainly different than being > an Indian. :-)) -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: photography :: blogging