CHRISTIANS WITH HINDU NAMES I have read the exchange of views on Goanet Digest and I cannot understand what the fuss is all about! Many Goans who live in Goa believe that Goa was LIBERATED. So, if Goa was "Liberated" should not the names be liberated also if you are in Goa and celebrating 19 December 2009 as "Liberation Day"?
If not for the influence of Portuguese, wouldn't we all be called either Mohammed, Abdullah, Raghuram, Vishnu, Saraswati, Ram, Sita etc? Please cherish the Hindu names in the name of Liberation! It is good to erase Portuguese influence and perhaps people can change their surnames as well. That way our people can become Chief Ministers or Prime Minister of India. Jai Hind - long live Goa - Amchem Goem amcam Zavem! Oscar Lobo