First off all the title of the book is a misnomer. Dale Menezes conclusions that there was no Goan diaspora in Lusofonia is totally wrong. The author is now making an attempt to correct this by publishing a new book titled 'Sogle gelhe Dobhitalao". BC Though all these stories begin in Portuguese India, one is startled to find the extent to which the British colonizers have shaped them. The English-speaking and meat-eating Goan Catholic was so indispensable for the British administration, particularly in Africa. In fact, the Portuguese appear only fleetingly which goes in to underpin the much neglected and overlooked influence of the British in the Goan Diaspora. Most of the records that Selma has utilized to write this book are lodged in various libraries across England and this should come as no surprise in the light of the abovementioned facts.
