On 23/07/06, Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I amazes me that just a generation ago, most Goans
would marry only someone chosen/okayed by their
parents.
A generation ago (in the Goa of the late 'sixties), I didn't know what
electricity was, we studied by candlelight, and my brother and
Hi Cornel, Mervyn n Rene !
After Tanganyika ( now Tanzania Mainland) got its independence
from Britain, the new government decided that organizations and
institutions should not use ethnic names.
Hence, the Dar es Salaam-based Goan Community Organization which
catered to the broad welfare of
. The departed from among this group might yet turn in
their graves!
Cornel DaCosta, London, UK.
- Original Message -
From: Tony Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: goanet@goanet.org
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 4:25 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Clarification on the St. Xavier's Society in Tanzania
Hi
cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the short while when young Goan men and women
were unconstrained in London by the beady eyes
of their parents, often carrying their old caste
baggage with them, I am aware that romances across
old divides blossomed.
Cornel,
I amazes me that just a
--- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A simple look at the daily Herald Newspaper, in Goa, indicates how
real caste is among Catholic Goans especially when it comes to the time of
marriage.
From: Tony Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As for the Goan Gymkhana Club in Nairobi, membership was
