Dear Antonio Menezes,
You presume that I know, you know (and we know?) of three distinct groups?
You are starting with wrong presumptions. I had never known of your
classification. Neither did I ever care to find out what goes in the minds
of humble folks that you are referring to. It is again your presumption. I
never addressed any message to humble folks,except to the noisy folks on
goanet! Are you representing the "average goan folk" as you suggest? I think
that on goanet each one speaks for himself and for no one else! If others
agree or disagree with us, that is entirely their responsibility.
Please speak for yourself, and I shall see if I have any answers. I do not
claim to represent anyone else except myself.
Teotonio R. de Souza
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Antonio Menezes
Wed, 02 Mar 2005 04:26:03 -0800
Mr. Teotonio R. de Souza writes: ''could each one
writing
on the caste indicates what caste he belongs to ? ''
Senhor Teotonio, what good will it do ? you know it, i know it and
all of us know that catholics of celestial goa could be classified
into three distinct groups.
1) men of god and their family members
2) bhatkars, gaumkar/jonnkars , morador/jonnkars and other chardos
3) the labouring class like landless farmers ( mundkars), tailors,
caterers, carpenters , masons, fisherfolk, saltpan workers, toddy
tappers,coconut pluckers etc.
why would you Sir, condescend to know what goes in the minds of our
humble folk. if you happen to( and i assume you do) belong to god's
highest creation in the whole universe namely the brahmin, then you
are subjecting your flawless atman to unnecessary pollution by
getting involved with the shenanigans of the labouring classes.
while on the subject of caste, i think, the average goan would very
much or rather anxiously like to understand the
genealoge/pedigree/ancestry/lineage of our glorious brahmin catholic
and especially to know from which house of the sun, their hindu
brahmin ancestors i.e. both father and mother, are descended from.
