Dear Gabriel, I remember also that FN claimed/denied/eventually-conceded in an email that he was behind the article written by the then ANON and now late "writer" of that article.
Please see http://www.colaco.net/1/siddhi.htm Please note the abuse that is accorded to those who disagree with a "boxed" view. I also ask: Are these the chaps involved with Goa Research Net? Or is it Goa Revisionism Net? best jc On Nov 23, 2012, at 1:54 AM, Gabriel de Figueiredo <[email protected]> wrote: > It wasn't too long ago that an article had appeared on the NT (and > subsequently debated here on this forum) which alleged that the Sidhis were > escaped slaves brought in by the Portuguese. This article is indeed a > revelation. > >> ________________________________ >> From: Frederick FN Noronha <[email protected]> >> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> >> >> India’s hidden African communitiesDr Shihan de Silva >> Jayasuriya,<http://www.global-briefing.org/2012/10/indias-hidden-african-communities/#auth> >> >> *Indians with African ancestry often go unrecognised but perhaps this is to >> be expected in a country with a population of 1.2 billion whose diversity is >> as wide as the Indian Ocean.*
