Subject: A Tribute to GEM Diaspora-Pioneers.
Attached is "A Tribute to GEM Diaspora-Pioneers." This article honors GEM
(Goans, East-Indians, and Mangaloreans) pioneers who made the daring migration
out of their Overseas Territory of the Portuguese Empire.
Current GEM diaspora has migrated (internally within India or internationally)
once or even twice, while many have been born in their adopted homeland. Yet
this settlement would not have been possible without the groundwork being laid
by the pioneers mostly in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of them
have passed away, and the recent demise ofQueen Elizabeth II is a sad reminder
that many GEMs of her age-cohorts are in peril.
We hope you enjoy reading this aspect of colonial history. We call upon all
GEMdiaspora to research the history of their own diaspora-pioneers and document
itfor posterity. To know our history is to recognize our culture. There is a
lot of ‘food for thought.’ Please forward these articles to yourrelatives,
friends, peers, Indian and Lusitanian chat sites. Sharing history issharing our
cultural heritage; and the work is for us, by us. Thank you forallowing us to
share this with you.
Hope this essay provides the readers with aframework of their historical
journey. Doing the homework willprepare one for Shashi Tharoor’s words of
wisdom: “If you do not knowwhere you have been, how do you know where you seek
to go? History belongs inthe past, but understanding it is the duty of the
present.”
Philomena and GilbertLawrence,Authors: Insightsinto Colonial Goa,Published via
Amazon in paperback and e-book. Paperback 8” x 11” is 330pages Amazon Publisher
e-mail link: Insights into ColonialGoa
The e-book is 635 pages (Kindle Publisher):
Word Count: 197,400. Bibliography: 86 References
The 330-page book provides details about the “story behind thestory” of certain
major events relating to Portugal's Eastern Empire. The bibliographycomprises
the titles of 86 books and published papers examined, studied, andreferenced,
which makes the book a useful tool for those interested in Lusitania's colonial
history.
