On 3 August 2011 14:29, Joaquim Loiola Pereira <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is mistakenly believed that Cardinal Valerian Gracias traces his roots > to > the village of Navelim. Navelim can claim only to ‘half’ of his roots, as > it > is the native village of his mother. His father, Jose Gracias, was born in > the village of Dramapur, which was then part of the parish of Chinchinim. > That Dramapur does not figure in his biography is perhaps due to the fact > that Jose died when the future cardinal was barely two years old and the > boy > was brought up entirely by his mother in Karachi, where the Graciases had > migrated soon after their marriage in Chinchinim. So Navelim, his mother’s > village, became since his effective Goan connection and earthing. > QUESTION; Was it not Telaulim ? -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
