Selma wrote: Yes, to a large extent caste is defunct in Goan society but it is not dead. It is merely dressed in a more egalitarian garb. In my four years on Goan forums, ultimately it is the Gulfkars, the tarvottis, the Afrikars, the tiartrists who have taken me to their hearts.
---------------- A classic apples-and-oranges comparision with a logical flaw. Are there no high caste people among "the Gulfkars, the tarvottis, the Afrikars, the tiartrists"? Cheers! Cecil (proud son of a Shipee) (proud grandson of a Tarvotti) (non-bhatkar, still paying off apartment loan) ============
