floriano wrote: Kindly do correct a slight error by adding the word 'subcontinental' after Indian and Origin lest people misunderstand you.
COMMENT: Thank you Floriano. I am not sure, however, if Eddie can make that change. The author of the article must make the change. He may first make that change in his own mind. That, I submit, is not a very easy thing for Goans. In any event, before the author even considers making a change, he may wish to revisit a few points in his own mind: a: What are Pakistanis, Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis? b: What are Tibetans? c: What are the people of the Andamans? d: What doe the author mean by the term 'Indian'? e: When did the country 'India', legally come into being? What was it before? f: How about the Aryans and the Greeks et al .....who came and settled in what is now the Republic of India? Are they Greeks, Iranians, Israelis or Eastern Europeans? That is why Goans classify themselves as Goans. Then they assign their new nationality. For those who are of post 1947 (post 1961 in Goa's case), it is quite easy to state that they are Goans of Indian origin. For those who do not fall in the above category, the primary question is: What do you mean by the term 'Indian'? Please do not tell me that there is a race called Indian .....or (except for the tribes and other natives) there is anything called a 'pure Indian'. jc
