*Dear Frederick”*
Notwithstanding that both the citations you referred to were termed “*suspicious” *I still enjoyed reading your contribution. All I would get were the last 4 facts 11-16. The Indian Diaspora is a monumental undertaking and is complicated. When the topic of Goans/Indians is raised in the British Parliament, Germany South Africa (Gupta and Corruption) I want to confine myself to our Goaness and Diaspora for several reasons.These are:: 1) I know that my Grandfather and Greatgrandfather were Christians…..but where did they come from, were they Hindus or Muslims. Was that fellow called “Augustine” taling advantage of the amnesty declared by the Portuguese which even allowed criminals to settle in Nova Conquesta (??) 2) Why was Quepem chosen by Deao Almeida with the churchreally remarkable fellow ….his palace is a Heritage, Connected. he built the Church, the school and even the market place. Accidently in 2006 while just curious about the alter, I found that there was an even older alter …made of clay and the church had a mud floor until my parents decided that they would tile it. 3) The house that my parents purchased was actually built by a Hindu family, and became the house of the Judge. The walls of the house are about a metre wide built of clay lime mixture,, the height of the house nearly 30 metres, the roof was of tiles and monkeys and white ants were ready to bring down the entire edific 4) Every trip to Margoa I visted the Emporium my haooksul was nearly 30 books 2 of the prized books were Sita Valles….. Saint Joseph Vaz My interest in Mozambique and Angola …actually made me realize how lucky and protected I have been 5) A visit to the Quepem College …History Department made me realize how much local knowledge and culture matters… 6) There is something special about Goans …..so I wonder when will a Goan win a Nobel (Maybe Noble) Prize in Literature, will we get a Goan Pope?…Goans Have done a lot for Peace &