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Goan Voice UK
Dear Circulation Editor:
Thank you for including me in your circulation lists. I thoroughly enjoy the
synopses of Goa-related news, profiles and views you dispatch via e-mail.
I draw your particular attention to the profile of Norway's stalwart
footballer, Thomas Pereira, appearing in your October 26 issue. It has
reproduced a purported extract from The Times of India's October 24 print.
In the extract, Thomas is described as a footballer of "Goanese" descent".
I hope you're aware that term "Goanese" is downright derogatory. It harkens
back to the colonial days when the menial crew of Goan origin serving on
British merchant vessels were classified as "Goanese" on board. As a
visitor, I witnessed this personally on P&O ships. The dichotomy between
"Goan" and "Goanese" should be clearly established not just as a matter of
semantics but to avoid regurgitating the demeaning memories of those times.
True, History cannot be rewritten or expunged but it certainly can be kept
in proper perspective. We as Goans are very proud of Thomas and hope his
declared ethnicity is properly identified in today's nomenclature which is
unequivocally "GOAN". I hope you will pursue this item as you see fit.
I request you to give me your Times of India contact's e-mail address so
that I can pursue this matter further on my own too. Thank you for the
excellent network news service provided.
Sincerely,
Arnold Noronha
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Extract:
Norway: Soccer: Thomas Pereira: Goan Viking
24 Oct: Times of India. Thomas Pereira, a nifty footballer of Goanese
descent, has broken new ground in Norway. He plays for Viking FK, who made
European headlines after sending Chelsea crashing out of UEFA Cup in 2002-03
and has represented Norway eight times
Pereira says his roots go back to
Benaulim in South Goa. My father was a teacher who left India for Africa in
the Sixties. Later he came to Norway in 1972.
My finest football moment
is winning the FA Cup in 2001, he says
The footballer of Goanese origin has never been to India. But that could
change in future. I would like to visit India and see the place where we
originally came from. Soccer-serious Goa would look forward to that. 407
words. Click here.
Thomas is the son of Kirstin and Austin Pereira ( ex Masaka, Uganda). He is
married to Hanne and they have three sons. For his profile click here.
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