Oscar, I hope you are not apologising on my behalf atleast. If you take the word "Konkno" out of the Konkani vocabulary, I'd be interested to know what you would replace it by. Hindu? There are many bigoted minds in Goa, who us the word "Hindu" and "Indian" in a derogatory manner. I think instead of making such cosmetic changes as deleting words from our vocabulary, we should consistently go about changing attitudes instead. Which brings me to my second point?
Do I really need to apologise for the biases inherent in my father's generation? They were victims of the prejudices that abounded at their time. These prejudices existed given the cultural, political and socioeconomic circumstances of their times. How far do we go in apologising past wrongs? Do we need to raze down Mosques, which Muslim built atop Hindu temples to apologise for Muslim wrongs? Do we need to ask Christians to reconvert to Hinduism because in all probability they were forced into conversion in the first place. Why all the mindless apologising? Let the past belong where it does. Let the future belong to more enlightened minds. > > We should desist in addressing our Hindu friends in > Goa as 'Kokno' and I > would like to be > the first one to apologise to all Hindus of Goa on > behalf of some of my > friend who used the > term as is. History of Goa shows, that Hindus and > Catholic/Christians have > lived a peaceful life and > we would like to see this continue. > > In saying the above, good on you Kakodkar, Manoj and > all our Hindu Readers, > you are our brothers > and sisters in Goa. Apologies once again. > > Oscar C. Lobo > Melbourne > Victoria - Australia > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. > Goanet mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > %(user_optionsurl)s > > This email sent to %(user_address)s > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: %(user_optionsurl)s This email sent to %(user_address)s
