Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! ------------------------------
Frederick, I can't get through on [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have virtually finished an article for the Herald (Yuletide wishes for a safer Goa) but won't be able to transmit it unless something technical hapens. Four postings have not got through either. I even tried Bosco to remind him that my email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] but had no luck. I am hoping this top-post will work. Cornel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 8:13 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet]Re: Goanet digest, Vol 1 #691 - message No:2 > Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! > ------------------------------ > > On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Mervyn Lobo wrote: > > > Godfrey Gonsalves, > > In my opinion, the caste system was created, and is > > now maintained, only by people who will benefit from > > the idea. > > > > Take two four year olds and plunk them in front of a > > PC. They will attack the computer with equal glee, > > absorbing info/knowledge like sponges. > > > > The idea that one of them was pre-ordained to become a > > priest and the other chosen, by the grace of God, to > > clean my toilet is a concept that only an Indian can > > understand. > > > > Mervyn > > Hi Mervyn, The problem is that things are not so black-and-white any more. > (Had this been so, it would have been easy to appeal to reason and logic.) > > Over-simplifications don't take the debate forward. > > Many in this part of the world still perceive that accidents > of birth determined how much access -- to educational opportunity, jobs, > computers... and general opportunities in life -- one gets. Efforts to > change the situation through affirmative-action of sorts have not changed > the situation for the vast majority. > > Needless to say, the caste system -- in diverse forms -- also thrives > within Catholicism in Goa, despite not having ritual sanction. > > Of course, such realities are not something "only an Indian can > understand". In the other countries of our adoption, these trends come up > in the form of bias based on colour, race, religion, class, ethnicity, > whatever. FN > > ########################################################################## > # 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 # > ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
