Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at yahoo.com on Thu Dec 19 11:20:48 PST 2013 wrote:
Cyrusbab, My intention on Goanet for the last nearly two decades has been to obtain and provide accurate information from reliable sources i.e. from credible books, articles or documents in my possession, in a university or public library, or on websites of responsible public service organizations… Indeed, the term Goa or city of Goa or island of Goa was restricted only to the island of Tiswadi even as late as 1736… COMMENT: Indeed, Shri. Helekar’s intentions for the last two decades was to “provide accurate information” on Goanet. How accurate is this “accurate” is for the Forum to decide. “Island of Goa” and Goa is not one and the same as Shri. Helekar ‘”accurately” writes. “Island of Goa” or “Goa island” is in Moçambique. Read here: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mozambique/goa-island Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
