[Goanet] Is Goan Indian?

2010-01-13 Thread Xanno Moidecar
I accept that birth is one of the criteria that allow a person to claim citizenship of a country. But this reminds me of the late British comedian Bernard Manning known for his xenophobic commentaries. One of his quips that always drew a big laugh from the racists amongst his audience was: “Ju

[Goanet] Is Goan Indian?

2010-01-12 Thread Cajetan Alvares
And Mr Alvares please clarify whether the person completing that sentence would have been born post or prior 1945 Secondly Mr Alvares pray tell me why you consider yourself an Indian. Xanno Moidecar Does not matter post or prior. British and Portugalees were invaders of the Indian Sub. Any one

[Goanet] Is Goan Indian?

2010-01-11 Thread Xanno Moidecar
I thank Mr Goveia for intimating that I may be ‘xanno’. I am grateful for his kindness but I wouldn’t be too sure about that. I hasten to assure Mr Cajetan Alvares that my assumption of the ‘xanno’ sobriquet has merely been an attempt for the last couple of decades or so to play with t

[Goanet] Is Goan Indian?

2010-01-10 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:08:01 + From: Cajetan Alvares No matter how much I explain to you, you will never become xanno. Obvious reason being which place you were born in! Therefore xanno or no xanno, if born in Indian subcontinent, now, before or after, no atter what colour or creed or shap

[Goanet] Is Goan Indian?

2010-01-10 Thread Cajetan Alvares
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[Goanet] Is Goan Indian?

2010-01-10 Thread Xanno Moidecar
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