--- Rui Collaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I do not believe Goan Christians want everything > the easy way. I think > they want everything the practical way, because they > are forward-looking > and, unlike most other Indians, they look beyond the > borders of India. They > Know only too well that the Devanagri script is as > alien to them as Japanese > or Arab script, and its knowledge will serve no > pratical purpose in their > lives. Devanagri was imposed on Goans by the > "liberators" (just as Hindi was > imposed), without the consent of the people, and > ignoring the fact that at > least the Christian population has no previous > knowledge of it, at all.
I don't get it. Should Goan children learn Portuguese and the Roman script to ensure that they definitely will not fit into the new geo-political reality of Goa-in-India? Filomena __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
