Hi Liladhar, The Estado da India was annexed or invaded by india. Documents from the UN say so. Also the indian constitution has the word annexed written in it. Recently the RBI web site also mentions the word annexed. There was no plebiscite whatsoever, and this coming from the largest democracy in the world.
As for Portuguese being spoken in Goa it is a mere trickle. The main reason is the indian puppeteers called the Maharastra Wadi Gomantak Party under the leadership of a half Portuguese made every attempt to clear the vestiges of Portuguese colonialism. Democracy brought in sectarism, he spread Marathi via the Bhaujan Samaj, English and Hindi were brought in overnight. Portuguese was thrown out of the window after 19/December/1961. The laws governing land etc are in Portuguese, its interpretations are a mess. A few newspapers circulated namely O Heraldo (Oldest Portuguse newspaper in Asia) Diario da Noite, Ressurge Goa, and Luta for a few years and died a natural death because of the lack of readership. The only publication alive in Goa is a Catholic religious calender called the Almanac de Parede which this year completes a century and also names the hindus festivals. Portuguese is spoken mainly by the pre-invasion generation. Salcete is the district which has greater number of the populace speaking the Luso language. It has produced lumanaries such as Amadeu Prazeres the Editor of O Heraldo. The upper hindus (older generation) are/were very proficient in the language. In 1975 the Socialist Government in Portugal established diplomatic links with india (interest in EU market)and handed over on a platter its sovereignity of EIP. A deal was made to also start cultural relations. In the early 90's a Portuguese Foundation, Funda��o Oriente arrived in Goa and began sponsoring Goan writers and artists and renovating cultural sites etc. Portuguese is today taught at the Goa University. The Portuguese administration in Macau had sponsored many a Goan and Indian for their summer short courses. Lastly as for Portugal benefiting from EIP, please note that they had Angola, Mozambique etc. Portugal is the poor relation in Europe. Today Goa has propped up India via the sale of iron ore, toursim and remittance from Goans working in the gulf. Even the profits from our port Marmagoa have been transfered to develop other ports such as Pradeep etc. For all this we stand part of a third world country. Kind regards Cola�o P.S. You will find some oldies on this list defending Indian rule over Goa. These are the chaps who participated in the downfall of Goa. --- "Liladhar R.Pendse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am in total agreement with Mr.Colaco's argument. > > Of course the > > internal migration in India remains unchecked in a > > biased way. One > > can not migrate and buy land in Mizoram. Today 30 > > percent of > > population of Goa is Non-Goan immigrants thus once > > again question > > arises- why? Goans have always kept their > identity. > > __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
