One interesting fact (and possibly, factor) in the decolonization story - which I found mentioned in multiple contexts on a recent stay in Pondicherry - is how France highly advantageously played "good decolonizer" to New Delhi, in full cognizance of the gains to be made by being "more reasonable" than Portugal and Salazar, whose insanely delusional game of chicken resulted only in swift decapitation of the 451-year-old Estado da India to the catastrophic detriment of the Goans.
As a direct result, the nature of decolonization in these two "enclaves" was totally different, with significant lasting implications. Just one of many interesting wrinkles: France's handover to India was actually only in 1962! VM On Wed, 12 Apr 2023, 11:06 fredericknoronha, <[email protected]> wrote: > That's the "official version". John Menezes' book, mentioned recently in > these columns, gives some insight into the less-noticed and unpublicised > diplomacy underway between New Delhi and Lisbon, especially between the > 1940s and the 1960s. For obvious reasons, this is a little-studied area, > and in each place the formal version has long held sway. FN > > On Wednesday, 12 April 2023 at 05:19:48 UTC+5:30 Martins, Lynette wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> In my research, I find myself stumbling along trying to collect any >> interesting and potentially relevant facts. Earlier today I came across >> this site which seemed to be quite informative but lacked any sources. I >> apologize if anyone has posted this before, but would any of you be able to >> 1) verify the accuracy of this brief or point me to credible sources 2) >> suggest a repository of all things related to the history of Goa? >> >> >> >> Here is the location online of the brief >> Brief_on_India-Portugal_Relations_Dec_31_2018.pdf >> (mea.gov.in) >> <https://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Brief_on_India-Portugal_Relations_Dec_31_2018.pdf> >> >> >> >> >> >> Many thanks, >> Lynette >> >> >> >> *-----------------------------------------------------* >> >> *Lynette B. Martins, LLB, PGDip, MBE, LLM* >> >> Senior Research Fellow and Associate Research Scholar >> >> Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Yale Law School >> >> Yale New Haven Hospital, Adult and Pediatric Ethics Committee Member >> >> [image: A picture containing text Description automatically generated] >> <https://law.yale.edu/solomon-center> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/4e30dbd6-254d-4be4-b15c-950f9a5e3869n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/4e30dbd6-254d-4be4-b15c-950f9a5e3869n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAN1wPW4dsxA-w3JX31SxmzQZKZMqsSkDKgcR6cEAqDQVKEi%3D9w%40mail.gmail.com.
