On 20 August 2011 19:05, Eddie Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Mervyn Maciel > Speaking of Goans in the London and Outer London Areas, maybe Stella > Mascarenhas-Keyes or even Eddie Fernandes or Flavio Gracias as President > of > the Goan Association(UK)? > ========================================= > > RESPONSE: > > I attended a pre Global Goans Convention meeting in London last month. > Among > those present was Flavio Gracias, President of the Goan Association (UK) > and > Dr Stella Mascarenhas-Keyes, anthropologist and researcher. Selma Carvalho > was unable to attend. I raised the subject of estimating the number of UK > Goans since there had been several enquiries and wanted to avoid confusion > by providing conflicting responses. After some discussion, we agreed that > a figure of 100,000 UK Goans in 2011 was our best guesstimate. > > Re Swindon: An article in the Indian Express, 17 July 2011 puts the Goan > population of Swindon at 50,000 and Wembley at 15,000 (see > http://goo.gl/8wVeR ). However, a figure of 10,000 for Swindon is more > reliable. Given the total Swindon population of 180,051 at the latest > census, it would mean 5.5% of the inhabitants are Goan and this must surely > rank as the highest density of Goans in any city outside of Goa. > > Eddie Fernandes > RESPONSE: I am bowled over by the stats but since it is from the horses mouth I take it as stated. Do we have any Goan organisation that can claim to minimally represent this vast amount of Goans? -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
