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Hi Cornel,
There is a Konkani saying, "No one dies after someone else's death". This in
spite of the vigorous lamentation at the funeral.
Goans who cry about the Portuguese departure are Goans who lost out
economically and socially with that departure. Hence the tears are for their
own plight; rather than love for the Portuguese or Salazar or some exoteric
principle.
Similarly if one was socially or economically dependent on the British, one
"lamented" about their departure. This applied to the Anglo-Indians and the
British who were used to the colonial lifestyle of leisure and luxury. The
lamentations also applied to the puppet Indian rajas, ranis and nawabs whose
opulent existence (and 21 gun salute) was dependent on the British. And the
same applied to those Goans and Indians whose occupation, social life, standing
or club memberships was connected to / dependent on the British. This was like
the E. African Indians lamenting the British departure from East Africa.
Kind Regards, GL
--------------- cornel:
I have noted, like others on Goanet that, there are those who lament the
departure of the Portuguese following Indian military action in December 1961.
I wonder if there are examples of similar Goan/Indian lament when Britain left
India.
I am just curious to discover if there are some historical
parallels/comparisons in the two situations. Perhaps the question also
applies to the French exit from India.
Cornel
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