I am learning India's political history from GOANET. If I am not mistaken, Goa was a coly of Portugal. It didn't matter if Goa was declared as "Estado da India", to an attempt to legitimize its claim over Goa. People with pro-Portuguese feelings say Goa was "grabbed", "stolen" "illegally invaded" while some want Goa to be an independent country. Tibet was not a colony of China though it could have been part of mainland China more than 800 years ago. In more sense than one, Tibet was culturally linked to India. The northeast part of India is a different case. China even demands Arunchal Pradesh on the same ground it took over Tibet. Tibetians want their own country and the FREE TIBET movement wants to achieve that goal. The two other colonial powers in India, Britain and France, left India in their own ways. The British played a sinister role in splitting the nation into two, while France gave away Pondicherry (now Puducherry) in akund gesture. If Portugal had done the same, it would have benn a honourable departure for Portugal. Or, it should have gone away with a condition that Goa would be an independent country. Portugal paid a price for its obtinancy.
Eugene Correia Sent from my iPad
