Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-13 Thread Anthony C. L. Fernandes
I fully support Selma's views On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Thu, 11/12/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but war memorials were put up by countries which waged (or actively took part in

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Michael Ali
Dear FN, I don't believe that Portuguese or Brazilians would be in the Indian Army as they would not be eligible to join. Some could be Mangaloreans but then Mangaloreans are originally Goans who left Goa a long time back to escape Portuguese rule. Mike

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Carvalho
, 11/12/09, Michael Ali mikeal...@aol.com wrote: From: Michael Ali mikeal...@aol.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives. To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 2:13 AM Dear FN, I don't believe that Portuguese or Brazilians would be in the Indian

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Frederick Noronha
2009/11/12 Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com: II, because of Portugal's neutrality. That is not true. Besides sailors there were Goans who joined the British Army in East Africa and risked their lives. However, no war memorial rests for these individuals neither in Goa nor anywhere else in

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
. - Original Message From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Thu, 12 November, 2009 7:42:41 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives. Hi all, I was in a hurry last night when I wrote the post. I want to add

Re: [Goanet] Goans who laid down their lives.

2009-11-12 Thread Carvalho
--- On Thu, 11/12/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but war memorials were put up by countries which waged (or actively took part in the) war. Usually the victors. -- OK FN, I'm correcting you. War memorials are put up