Folks, The photograph in question is by Eddie Gerald so I wrote to him, [EMAIL PROTECTED] asking if he believed the subject of the photograph to be a Goan woman and I invited him to view the Goanet archive. His response was: .................... Yes this shot was taken at one of the northern beaches in Goa. She was selling some stuff in the market. BTW I checked the forum and found it very interesting.
Cheers, Eddie Gerald http://www.geophotos.com P +972-66-20 10 62 F +972-2-65 666 43 .................... I was also puzzled by the consensus of the aggrieved that the woman in question was first, either a Rajastani or Kashmiri and later they decided that she was a Rajastani. I have looked at photographs of Rajasthani and Kashmiri women and was unable to find the affinity with the photograph. I then looked through the 283 pages book, People of Goa, edited by Shriodkar and Mandal, Anthropological Survey of India, 1993. ISBN 81-7154-760-5. In it, 34 communities are defined as constituting Goans. From the photographs and the description I am more inclined to believe that the woman in the photograph is either a Gauda or Lamani. I make no claims at being an expert and accept that I may be mistaken. However I would like the injured to substantiate their claim that she is Rajasthani. I also accept that Eddie Gerald may have made a mistake in labelling her as a Goan woman. What I find abhorrent is the use of words like "gives a cheap image about us," "is a big insult to the Goans" and "Anything can happen if non-Goans lead the Goan Tourism delegation and non-Goan happens to be the Tourism Director of Goa." I like to believe that we live in a multicultural world and appreciate the value of diversity. Some of the views expressed in this forum have been chilling. Eddie Fernandes ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
