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Tim, My knowledge of caste practice among the Catholic Goans is a relatively late development/discovery following my earlier agitation against apartheid and racism in the UK. However, the intensity of my feelings against caste among Catholic Goans is very considerable and akin to any late 'convert' to a cause. However, having been brought up with virtually no Goan Catholic caste awareness at home, or school, I do recall one statement sometimes made i.e. that the Brahmins in Bardez (who migrated for economic reasons from a hilly region) were second class Brahmins compared to the real "big powerful and rich ones" in agricultural Salcete who did not need to leave Goa for economic reasons. I wonder if you or anyone else can throw any light on the origins or veracity of this statement please? Cornel PS I have read widely and do know about the hierarchies within the Brahmins in the Hindu caste structure.