Re: [GRN] Priest and Cook squaring the circle in Goan society

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:23:51 -0800

Why was Portuguese dropped as language of instruction? It could not be because it was a “colonial language” because English is definitely a colonial language. Historically, English was never a language spoken by Goans in Goa.
John
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On Jan 29, 2025, at 1:56 PM, Eric Pinto <[email protected]> wrote:


Admission to Rachol was restricted to Charda and the Brahmin groups. They were conversant with
the Portuguese language and belonged to the civil services.  The new era dates to the early 70's when 
the language of instruction also changed to English and Konkanni.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear members,

I need your opinion on this. Researching one family of nineteenth century Velsao, Goa, I discovered through archival documents in Lisbon, that one brother from Velsao travelled to Zanzibar and was likely a table waiter and cook, and most likely illiterate, but later hugely successful. Although there was some reason to treat this information taken from a 1890 source with some scepticism, it did have details for the employer etc. and in the main not really discreditable.

I have now discovered through the assistance of the brilliant geneologist Richard Souza, that another brother born in 1829 was ordained as a priest.

Was not the priesthood in Goa driven by caste and largely restricted to upper-castes?

How do I square this information?

Your help would be most appreciated.
Selma

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