Re: [Goanet]Costas are Brahmins, and so Indians by origin?

2005-08-04 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- D'Souza, Avelino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The story that has been doing the rounds for centuries now is that the first Costa settler in India had sailed to the subcontinent in the company of Vasco da Gama. But there is also information that the Costas are Brahmins, and so Indians by

RE: [Goanet]Costas are Brahmins, and so Indians by origin?

2005-08-04 Thread Paulo Colaco Dias
Avelino, I cannot understand your reasoning. What does someone's caste has to do with someone's surname? Also, surely you did not think that all Costas descend from the first white Portuguese settler that travelled to India with Vasco da Gama, right? The first hindus who were baptised usually