This is an interesting question about the whereabouts of mestisos.
Perhaps they're closer than you think. Of the people of Goan ancestry
within my generation with who I have either met or corresponded over
the years, the majority of them always claim Portuguese ancestry.
It's almost always in
--- On Thu, 11/5/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 2:19 PM
What? Mario to the Left of Selma? I
find this very hard to believe...
But change happens! So do miracles (sorry, Santosh!) --FN
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:42:35 -0800 (PST)
From:
From the Marriam-Webster dictionary.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emigrate
Main Entry: em·i·grate
Pronunciation: \ˈe-mə-ˌgrāt\
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): em·i·grat·ed; em·i·grat·ing
Etymology: Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare, from e- +
migrare to
--- On Tue, 11/3/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
However, in good Old Blighty it may be politically correct
in this modern day and age to promote the notion that
mixed races have a better chance of success.? After all
the British government is being accused by some of a
What? Mario to the Left of Selma? I find this very hard to believe...
But change happens! So do miracles (sorry, Santosh!) --FN
2009/11/4 Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com:
--- On Tue, 11/3/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
However, in good Old Blighty it may be politically
--- On Tue, 11/3/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
However, in good Old Blighty it may be politically correct
in this modern day and age to promote the notion that
mixed races have a better chance of success. After all
the British government is being accused by some of a
Must have immigrated like you, so says Samir Kelekar.
If YOU here is Selma, then I think she has emigrated to the UK.
If YOU here is yours truly, then I suppose I came back to my fatherland
from East Africa, where my father had emigrated soon after First World War.
When Dayanand Bandodkar , the
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:45:11 +0530
From: Antonio Menezes ac.mene...@gmail.com
During my school days in Lyceum there were quite a number of students with
mestiso background. All of them however, resented on being called mestisos
but insisted they were descendentes meaning of pure Portuguese
Selma writes:
Antonio Menezes lives in Goa and is one of the nicest forum members I've come
across.
best,
selma
Selma my response was meant for you. And just to
clarify I didnt mean you are a mestiso or something like
that. With every other Goan immigrating, I thought
it would be a good reason
--- On Tue, 11/3/09, Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com wrote:
Selma my response was meant for you. And just to
clarify I didnt mean you are a mestiso or something like
that. With every other Goan immigrating, I thought
it would be a good reason that if you dont see
some one, he/she
--- On Tue, 11/3/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I find this hypothesis equally absurd. Making judgments
on entire groups, however defined, is intellectually vapid
and counterproductive.
Mario what is vapid and counterproductive is your passing
Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com
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Subject: [Goanet] Mestisos of Goa , where are they?
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Must have immigrated, like you...
samir
2009/11/3 Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com: Selma my response
was meant for you. And just to clarify I didnt mean you are a mestiso
or something like that. With every other Goan IMMIGRATING, I thought
it would be a good reason that if you dont see some one, he/she has
IMMIGRATED.
Forgive me
Selma writes:
Samir, just to clarify I never immigrated
(followed by a huge diatribe about how Selma
is being discriminated against.)
Huh?
Selma, unless Goa has colonized Britain
and I dont know about it (I am yet to
read today's papers if it is a latest
development) you need to get a reality
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:49:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com
Quite frankly I am fed-up of this backlash against those of Goans who are not
physically present in Goa.
Mario asks:
Backlash? What backlash?
The one or two Goans who complain about the location from where a
Jose writes:
I believe the operative word is Emigrating!
You are right; on the other hand, so long as
the audience gets it, Babu Shabu pok difference!
regards,
Samir
Mestisos can easily be defined, but the big mystery is where are they all
gone,
for in Goa of today, hardly anyone claim to be a mestiso.
Mestisos are the children of the Portuguese menfolk and the Indian women
who
willingly co-habited with them during the period 1510 - 1780 when some ships
Menezes ac.mene...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Antonio Menezes ac.mene...@gmail.com
Subject: [Goanet] Mestisos of Goa , where are they ?
To: goanet goa...@goanet.org
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 8:15 AM
Mestisos can easily be defined,
but the big mystery is where are they all
gone,
Must have immigrated, like you...
samir
Antonio Menezes lives in Goa and is one of the nicest forum members I've come
across.
best,
selma
--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Samir Kelekar samir_kele...@yahoo.com
Subject: [Goanet] Mestisos of Goa , where are they?
To: Goanet goanet
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