Dear Mr.Colaco, Often the innocent bystander is a casualty of cross-fire. Hernani is one such case.
The reason why many of us who were living in Goa on 18 and 19 December,1961,are alive to celebrate each day of our lives (and not just Goa Day) is the decision of General Vasalo Silva not to blow us to smithereens as per the orders given to him by the paklo dictator,the Salazarist Marcel Caetano. He was imprisoned by his own government till the April 1975 revolution . 14 years is a 'life sentence' given to murderers in the 'bharati' Goa. Gen.Silva saved us from genocide.Marcel Caetano should have been jailed for planning and ordering genocide of Goans.He was not. Compare six months with xacuti in an Indian jail against 14 years without bacalhao in Portugal and you will understand what I mean. We do have Fundacao Oriente in Goa.Today it sponsored prizes at the great Goans Day(I have posted a report on the net,Joel will most likely post some photos as well). We have a full fledged(even if staffed /stuffed with controversial people who have harrassed even Portuguese citizens)Department of Portuguese in the Goa University and teach Portuguese even in schools.We have honoured Mario Soares and GenVasalo Silva in Goa under 'bharati'dispensation. As the previous delegado of the Fundacao (Dr.Adelino da Costa) used to say,"Even the Portuguese nationals suffered under the Salazarists". I do not understand why some Goans reminisce about the Estado da India Portuguesa even when their entire lifetime was under the Salazarists. Why are we trying to be "Mais papista du que Papa" (More the Pope than the Pope himself) ? Why ,indeed? Miguel de Braganca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernado Colaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 5:17 PM Subject: [Goanet] Hern�ni Mour�o a POW without the smoking gun > > Hern�ni Mour�o was a young Portuguese agronomist going > about with his work at Pilerne when he was picked by > the bharati invading forces in 1961. In the 50's and > later on Goa had to face the bharati blockade. Mour�o > was experimenting with rice shoots imported from Japan > and Malaysia. For six months Mour�o was placed among > other POW's at Ponda. > Besides the hardships faced in such a camp, Mour�o > says that he enjoyed the best xacuti prepared by the > hindus. Today Mour�o has been the pillar behind the > Goa Day celebrations in Lisbon since its inception in > 2000. He is a regular contributor to the SuperGoa > website. > Bernado --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 6/18/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
