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Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education & Primary School Students Chess Tournament More information at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-January/068222.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Selma-bai, Although you had made a sharp comment about the "kars" of Goa, I had resisted replying to you as I felt I would not be adding in any way to the discusion. However, your follow up to the thread (see below )does raise a few points . Before we proceed,however,let me thank you for your advice to me and all "kars" to learn from the liberal and broad minded South Indians. I can assure you that I am willing to learn from any sensible person wherever they come from the world. I have,however,found many people with the characteristics you describe above in Goa itself. In fact, I owe a lot to a wonderful lady called Carvalho who was one of my first teachers in Loyola High School, Margao ( and unlike your distaste for my surname,I have tremendous respect for the one you sign off with ) With respect to your mail below, I note the strong plea you make towards religious and cultural harmony.I shall now rewind back and reproduce "verbatim" a posting you made on this forum : " A similar fate awaits Goan Catholics in Goa,I am sure of it ! There is a whole generation of young Goan Hindus being systemetically trained to hate Christians.Their cadres are organised and they are armed.Voices like Gadgil and Pravin will be whispers or perhaps even whimpers in the dust left behind.I can only wish the Angel of Death visits me before I am visited by the likes of some who frequent Goanet" 1) This statement is totally out of context to any discussion about Goa or about Goan communities ( It was in relation to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and her democratic credentials ) 2) Even after repeated perusal, I cannot find any humorous and/or satirical element in th posting. 3) Now,although born into that religion , I am not a terribly devout Hindu. I enjoy my Pork Sorpotel and Beef Vindaloo and do not necessarily picture a Hindu deity in my mind when I pray to God. I have been to a Jesuit school ( as Cedrico-bab will confirm ), my daughters go to a Catholic school in the UK out of choice and I have by far more Christian friends than Hindus.I am vehemently against bigotry and violence in the name of any religion. BUT...WHAT YOU SAID ABOVE HURT ME ....AND HURT A LOT 4) As far as I am aware, what you say above is a blatant untruth ( and I hope you and the moderators had evidence to back what was posted because this could well be termed as an incitation for fuelling communal tension between Goan peoples ) To,conclude on a similar note as your letter below, dear Selma-bai, there are many things whch make us fundamentally human...one of the most important though, is the way we interact with each other in our speech,writing,actions and even thoughts. I hope you, the moderators and owners of Goanet ( who I am surprised, if not shocked, let the above posting through ) and the readers can now decide whether such rheotoric is justified and/or proves that we are "fundamentally" good human beings. luv and regards, anand ( Dr Anand Virgncar ) > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:54:10 -0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Sorry, Dr Virgincar! and being > human /to Chari> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------> > **** http://www.GOANET.org ****> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------> > > Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education & > Primary School > Students Chess Tournament> > More information at:> > > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-January/068222.html> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------> > > > --- Kamalaksh Chari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > Thanks for not > supporting fellow Goan and praising> > mistakes done by > > Non-Goans.> > > > > Keep it up.> > > > Regards,> > > > Kamalaksh> > ------------------------------------> Oh dearie me!> > There's a common > misconception in India, that it is> Catholic Goans who feel a cultural > dissonance with the> rest of India. Reading Rajan's recent call for> autonomy, the rabid use of the the word "ghantis" by> the BJP coterie, the calls for "Ghanti go home", and> the venom with which RNK has been attacked for being a> "madrassi" trying to tell Goans about Goenkarponn,> that misconception has been shattered, alongwith> several other misconceptions such as Goa is the> epitome of cultural and religious tolerance.> > Whatever cultural dissonance Goan Catholics may feel> in heartland India, has been long mitigated by having> spent a life in diaspora by many of them. Having to> earn a living in alien cultures necessarily means> having to be tolerant and embracing of other cultures,> religions and ideologies.> > I support and like a lot of people on this list. I> like Rajan Parriker as much as I like Gadgil, I like> FN as much as I like Doc Jose, I like Santosh as much> as I like Gilbert, I like Fr. Ivo as much as I like> Kevin Saldanha, I like Cornel as much as I like the> Ca tholic Church ;-)> > Something you might want to learn, Chari, is that it> is possible to like people across cultures, religions,> states, nationalities and ideologies. It is possible> to respect the person even if one does not agree with> their views. Just ask yourself one question Chari,> what is it that makes us fundamentally human?> > selma> > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > _________________________________________________________________ Telly addicts unite! http://www.searchgamesbox.com/tvtown.shtml