Goa work Newman was the first to apply modern anthropological theory and writing to the study of Goan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa> society, his main arguments being that Goa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa> has never been part of Portugal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal>, but rather a slightly Lusitanized<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lusitanized&action=edit&redlink=1> region of India and that Goan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa>culture must be seen as a syncretic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretic> Hindu<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu> -Catholic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic> one. A second conclusion is that the same "Green Revolution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution>" process that increased grain production in India<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India>, was also successfully applied to fishing in Goa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa> (and elsewhere in India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India>) but that the human and ecological price paid has been extremely high. Overall, he attempts to show that popular religion in Goa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa>, as separate from the classical versions of Catholicism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism> and Hinduism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism>, is a rich synthesis of the two in which goddesses can be seen (for example) as either Shantadurga <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantadurga> or Our Lady<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessed_Virgin_Mary_(Roman_Catholic)>, in which Hindus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindus> attend certain Catholic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic> feast day ceremonies and Catholics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholics> make donations to Hindu<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu> temples <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temples>.
Newman argues that in Goa, as in such places as Mexico<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico> , Peru <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru>, Brazil<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil>, the Philippines <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines>, and Mauritius<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius>, contact between two or more civilizations created a "fascinating synthesis". He says this synthesis is "one that had been steadfastly slighted by anthropologists, who wanted to study "pure" India, whatever that may be!" In line with this argument, he did a stint of research in Mauritius in 1987, concentrating on popular Hinduism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Hinduism> in its various aspects among the "overseas Indians<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Indians>" there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Newman [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_S._Newman&action=edit§ion=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro> ] -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
