>
> That, to me, seems a bit too simplistic. In
> post-colonial times, it's
> fashionable to claim that the Portuguese converted
> "forcibly". It would
> seem more believable that many simply saw
> opportunity in this
> switch-over. Likewise, one thought that migration
> further south down the
> coast (to Karnataka and Kerala) started in
> pre-Portuguese times. It
> might be fashionable now-a-days to blame this on
> colonialism alone.
>
Being a very nice lad innit?
BC
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