kindly care to explain, to the benefit of all ignorant people, like myself,
in what manner and in what measure were the Portuguese and the Goans who
worked for their administration plundering India's wealth?)
Mr Collaco, do you honestly think that the Portuguese were ruling Goa for charity -- doing us a favour by being our colonial masters?
(Rui Collaco: Of course, leave alone the Dempo, Chowgulle, Timblo and Salgaokar families. They were just patriotic Indians whom the Portuguese allowed to come to Goa, to earn a decent living from their sweat and toil!)
Why drag the names of successful businessmen into this controversy? They got rich by exploiting the system and buttering the right side of the bread -- both Portuguese and Indian. Why didn't you succeed, Mr Collacco? No point in weeping over spilt milk!
(Rui Collaco: Just to be brief on this pathethic issue, let me tell you Mr. Nair, the
wealth of India is being plundered even as we exchange e-mails by your
elected politicians and corrupt officials, massively!)
I agree with you. Please suggest a way to stem the rot! Btw, don't your Portuguese politicians rob you people?
(Rui Collaco: If anyone amassed wealth during the Port. regime it was the Indian merchants
and the local Goan elite before them, definitely not the Portuguese! It is
easy for a serious person to find this out. But then again, getting rich
honestly does not equate to "plundering India's wealth", except for some
confused minds!)
Are you sure that the Portuguese gained nothing from the nefarious activities of Indian merchants and the Goan elite? Then the Portuguese were an incompetent lot, no doubt about it. Please tell me how to find this out. There is absolutely no way to get fabulously rich "honestly", Mr Collacco -- except, maybe, by winning a mega lottery twice or thrice! Behind every dazzling wealth there's a crime -- maybe more than one crime. I've no confusion in my mind about it at all!
Anyway, thank you for the belated addendum to your early reply!
Regards, RKN
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