The KonkansFrancisco D'Sai is a firstborn son of a firstborn sonall the way back to the beginning of a long line of proud Konkans. Known as the \"Jews of India,\" the Konkans kneeled before the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's sword and before Saint Francis Xaviers cross, abandoned their Hindu traditions, and became Catholics. In 1973 Francisco's Konkan father, Lawrence, and American mother, Denise, move to Chicago, where Francisco is born. His father, who

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