Fred The book is out of print. I suggested your name to her daughter Namita. I can send your her email later on. I will post to GBC after I edit my piece. Typing with one finger on iPad is a pain.
Eugene Sent from my iPad > On Oct 3, 2017, at 3:31 AM, Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks for that update, Eugene. Pls share it with the GoaBookClub too if > possible. > > FN > >> On 2 October 2017 at 23:32, Eugene Correia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dr. Kranti on Christianity in India >> >> Dr. Kranti Farias, a noted educationist, past professor at St. Xavier’s >> College and ex-fellow of the famed Heras Institute at the college in >> Mumbai, delivered two talks on the history and contribution of Christians >> of Goa and South Kanara. She provided an overview on how Chrisitianity made >> its entry into Goa and then it entered the region of South Kanara in >> present-day Karnataka, a neighbouring state of Goa. >> One of the interesting point in her talk was when she said that Goans could >> have a DNA of the Jews. Dr. Kranti presently explores and researches this >> notion, as the theory was conveyed to her by a foreign researcher. >> Her other interesting point was that there could be the sign of early >> Christianity in Goa. predating the arrival of the Portuguese. She said that >> the Pilar fathers discovered a cross which symbolishes the Syro-Malabar >> tradition of Christianity. It was St. Thomas who first sowed the seeds of >> Chrisitianity in India when he came to Kerala during the first century. The >> Church in Kerela is of the Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara rites. >> She gave briefs on the infamous Inquisition in Goa and how the Portuguese, >> who came seeking “souls and spices” converted the locals. The presence of >> missions in Kanara helped in the spread of Christainity in Kanara, she >> added. >> The author of the book, The Christian Impact in South Kanara, jOnokingly >> said to the Goan audience that she is a “Goan” too, as history shows that >> Goans migrated to Kanara to escape the Inquisition. >> The audience was mostly adults, and I wished there were more youngsters >> were present to learn about the Christian part of the history of Goa and >> Kanara. The event was organized by Active Goans Adults (AGA), formerly the >> Goan Cultural Group, at the Seniors' Centre, Square One, Mississauga, on >> Sept. 26.d Wish the AGA had coordinated with the Goan Overseas Association >> (GOA) so that there could be a better response. >> >> Eugene Correia > > > > -- > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/ > _/ Frederick Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا > _/ フレデリック・ノロニャ > _/ +91-9822122436 (SMS if you can't get through) > _/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
