Henrique,
Mine is a Goan Catholic Name given to me at my Baptism. It is the masculine
form of the Christian feminine name Carmen. It may also be interpretted that
I am named after "Nossa Senhora do Carmo" - (i.e. Our Lady of Carmo) - name
of shrines in Macau and Southern Portugal where there was an apparition of
Our Lady to a boatload of fishermen distressed at sea during a storm. Since
my dad was a seafarer who visited Macau, and since my grandfather was named
after the holy shrine in Macau, my cousin Carmo Correia and myself were
given the name Carmo. We do not owe any allegiance or have any affinity for
a poor, backward country in Western Europe, just because we have that first
name.
As for my last name there should be no hint of its Portuguese origins in the
current anglicized form.
Originally De La Cruz = meaning OF THE CROSS in Espanol (Spanish),
it was metamophosized to Da Cruz as my parents were citizens of Lo Estado Da
India (i.e. Goa)
and was then Anglicized to D'Cruz when my Dad sought employment in British
India
So with my first name and last name in its current form, I am an American
Citizen now, who traces his heritage to The Great Country of India which has
a rich ancient civilization, with a very a rich history, which first
developed the concept of zero among a myriad of innovations and which is
today a major player in the global high tech industry. Also as a
distinguished national level hockey player from India (remember we won eight
Olympic Hockey Gold medals and one hockey world cup in the last century -
how many soccer Olympic golds or world Cups has Portugal won BTW ?) and an
accomplished alumnus of India's elite Indian Institute of Tecnology (IIT)
which were founded as a vision of Pandit Jawarhalal Nehru (who was also
instrumental in driving the poor Portuguese out of my native Goa), I do not
owe any of my career sucesses to one of the poorest and most technologically
backward country in in Western Europe ! (Believe me, I have been there
and toured Portugal extensively)
Best Regards,
Dr. Carmo D'Cruz.
currently visiting Bombay, India
From: "Henrique Salles da Fonseca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]>
Subject: Missing from List of Cyber Goans Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:32:09
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Doctor Carmo Dcruz:
Why do you still use a portuguese name if Portugal and our culture is so
negative?
Henrique Salles da Fonseca - Lisbon
