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Hi Tim , Helga n Gabe ! Thanx, Tim for enlightening me on Dr. Ribeiro. I only knew that he was a fantastic medical doctor and a great philanthropist. I was not aware of the subtle details. Thanx , once again. Gabe, thanx also for expounding on the Goan Gymkhana issue; for I was under the impression that these Brahmins did not not join any other club. I am assuming that at that time, the Railway Goan Institute was not in existence. Helga, I agree with you whole-heartedly from that standpoint as the local blacks called it a "redressing" situation. May be my father looked at it differently as he worked very hard to get where he reached. The mere sight of so many Indians in both the government and Railways forced them to resort to these measures. However, if I may add, they later on decided to confine it only to non-ctizens after realzing that some of the replacees could not handle the situation. This was also aggravated by the fact that many Indian citizens also resigned to take up jobs in the private sector which was expanding by leaps and bounds;(for they also knew that promotions were not going to be that easy to get). As you probably may know, all the three East African nations gave the non-citizens two years after independence to decide on whether they should take up local nationality or "cling" to their foreign passports. (This applied to Asians and Europeans). Since the majority of the Indians in Kenya and Uganda were Hindus with British passports, some opted for Kenyan nationality; while in Tanzania, most of the Indians were Khoja Ismailis who normally follow instructions from their spiritual leader - the Paris-based Aga Khan. He instructed them to take Tanzanian nationality and some of the other Indians did likewise; the remainder either had British passports or Indian nationality. On affirmative action, many Italians and Irish in the U.S. have the same feeling as the Indians- particularly in the Police Forces and Fire Stations; for the these two groups of Europeans were discriminated by the WASPS- (White Anglo Saxon Protestatnts) some 100 years ago , and their only resort was the Police, Fire Stations and construction companies. And now they say, they are being by-passed for promotion by a colored or a White woman who got lower marks in the exams and in some cases did't even pass the exams.(In the U.S., a White woman is considered a minority as they were also discriminated against). That's the bitter world we live in. Tony Barros. Union, New Jersey. P.S. Tim, did you by any chance study with Benny Pereira from the New Hampshire State in the New England "Belt" ?. rgds. Tony. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
