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Gilbert,
Attempting to limit the "Luso-Indian" concept to sanguinal ethnicity is akin to the 'animal' that sees only the two blades of grass before its eyes...
After all, Luso-presence in the parts of India that came under their sway lasted for the better part of a half a millenium.
That long an age certainly inculcated into the local biped fauna much of the desirable and undesirable influences of the infesting hosts: socio-cultural, spiritual, political, emotional, idiosyncratic, dietary, et al.
This synthesis, rather than the negligible blood-issue, should be considered the Luso-Indian entity.
Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, 2003-12-27
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Subject: [Goanet]Re: "Luso-Indian ", GOANS or "Mesticos"
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:14:19 -0500
Dear Sir/Madam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It has come to our attention of the oversight in your posting on the webpage http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/asian/angloindians/angloind
ians. In the information on this website, you appear to lump / combine "Luso-Indian ", GOANS or "Mesticos". This is a gross mis-representation! Mesticos are descendants of Portuguese-Goan/Indian marriages. Goans are not of mixed blood but rather pure descendant of Asian-Indians who lived under Portuguese rule for close to 500 years. This difference does not mean that one race is superior and the other is inferior. It does mean we all have our heritage and are proud of it. There is no terminology called Luso-Indians which appears to be a direct translation of Anglo-Indians.
We hope you will correct this glaring error on your part which affects the description of GOANS in Goa, through out the world and most specially the Goan in the UK.
I thank you in anticipation for your attention to this matter. Gilbert Lawrence, MD, DMRT, FRCR. Utica, NY, USA
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