Nope . Mumbai is my home .
wiki has some info on my ethnicity !
East Indians are a Marathi-speaking, Roman Catholic ethnic group, based in and around the city of Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra. These people are of the original Marathi ethnic group and had been evangelized by the Portuguese, while retaining much of their pre-Christian traditions.
Bombay was formerly under the Portuguese in the 1500s; and East-Indians were then known as Bombay Portuguese. Bombay then became increasingly anglicized after the handover to the British in the 1600s. Under the British, they were known as Bombay Portuguese too, but, when immigrants from Portuguese-ruled Goa began to enter Bombay, in order to distinguish themselves from the Goans (whom the British also called Portuguese), they renamed themselves “East Indians”, purportedly after their affiliation to the British as locals of Bombay and as such to be distinguished from the Goan Catholics and the Mangalorean Catholics. In the 1960s, the Archdiocese of Bombay estimated that there were 92,000 East Indians in Mumbai out of which 76,000 were in suburban Mumbai and 16,000 in urban Mumbai.
I am all confused. isn’t that the west coast? I am thinking Bengal is west coast. Sheesh! Shows what I know of India.
My brother is in Goa. Yes that was a portuguese colony from 14th century to the 1980’s
Stay safe
BTW. My sister in law is from Calcutta.
The Goans ran her and Brother out of business because she wand he were not Goan
Prayers up for you and your family, and all the people of your city.
God Bless the firefighters, police, and soldiers who have responded so bravely.
Hopefully by daylight, the Army will have surrounded all the known bases of these sleepers, who are evidently all over the city. The terrorists were reported to be speaking Arabic. No surprise there.