Hi Bharati Colaco: Sorry to disappoint you, but today there are more Bharati speakers of English than in the whole of the mother country -- i.e. the United Kingdom, where you sometimes claim to reside.
While we have been obsessed with our backward-looking mentality, a whole lot of "Bharatis" have picked up excellent English. When can we hope for a Goan vying for the Booker Prize? Would you like to give the lead ;-) FN On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, [iso-8859-1] Bernado Colaco wrote: > > > > Sorry, Bernardo, > > You seem to be under the impression that "bharatis", > > a > > term which you seem to be using pejoratively to > > describe non-Goan Indians, either have "crap > > English" > > or never had English to begin with. If they didn't > > have good English, how do you explain the fact that > > there are many prize-winning Indian authors today in > > the English medium or that so many of the CEO's here > > in the U.S. of technology and financial firms are > > "bharatis"? > > True Dona Filomena, > > But the quantity of the masters of the English > language is a drop. I hope their numbers will increase > so that they can eliminate the rest of bharat from the > abyss with their great qualities. Do you envisage this > happening? > > Colaco ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
