But then who are the canarins as the Portuguese or mestissos or bamons used to call other Goans. They were the ordinary Goans who were without an iota of Portuguese blood running in their veins. Economically they were a deprived lot. But todays bamon will say \ that he too is a pure Goan of Indian race. But during those he wanted to be on the Portuguese side and distanced himself from the poor and deprived Goan. The only Government Secondary School in Portuguese language prior to 1961 was the Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque on top of Altinho hill in Panjim. I was one of