Recently I came across an artilce "At Donna Georgina's by William
Dalrymple. The article can be seen in full at:
URL: http://www.travelintelligence.net/wsd/articles/art_45.html
What I found intriguing is the very first paragraph, which goes as follows:
Most Goans still consider their state a place apart: a cultured
Mediterranean island, quite distinct from the rest of India. As they quickly
let you know, they eat bread, not chapattis; drink in tavernas, not tea
shops; many of them were Roman Catholic, not Hindu; and their musicians
played guitars and sang fados. None of them, they assured you, could stand
the sound of sitars or shenai.
Perhaps Dalrymple is using the word 'island' in a figurative sense, and not
geographical one. So, one can give some sort of artisitic licence to this.
But the rest seems to be so out of character of the people, including the
Catholics, that I know. I would be interested to know if anyone on this net
did meet Dalrymple when he came to Goa to write the article.
Also, does anyone on the list agree with the characterisation of the
Catholics that Dalrymple has made?
A slightly related question. I understand that the population of Christians
in Goa, as per the 2001 census, is around 21%. Is this correct? And does
anyone have any data on the religious composition of the population in Goa?
Sachin.
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- [Goanet]"An interesting article by Dalrymple." Sachin Phadte
- [Goanet]"An interesting article by Dalrymple."... Gabe Menezes
