On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 22:08 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: "Jose Colaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Not Yet on GoaNet ...but SAY WHAT ??! Goans in Goa > rejoicing with Portugal win? > The following articles are interesting. I wonder whether they reflect > the > true mood of Goans in Goa.
I confess that I have always been mystified by this reported attitude of Goans towards Portugal, or is it a misrepresentation? One would have thought that after the experience of colonial rule, Goans would feel negatively towards the Portuguese. But here they are actually cheering them on? Contrast this with the attitude in the rest of India towards the British. Rahul Dravid recently endeared himself to the country at large. Interviewed after the 3rd test (played in Trinidad), he was asked whether he would be supporting Trinidad & Tobago in their FIFA World Cup match against England that evening. He gave a mischievous grin and said "Anybody but England!" And the majority of Indians said a heartfelt 'Amen'. Contrast this with the reported attitude in Goa towards the Portuguese. Or are these just journalistic biases? In the rest of India, even if somebody actually supported England (against anybody else), they would probably keep their views to themselves, out of fear of being identified as upper-class collaborators with colonial rule. What gives? > Reading what is posted by our regular journos on > GoaNet, it does not appear that the stories are that accurate. Are > they? > ...or are we being ONLY selectively fed news/revision based on the > personal > biases of some of the journos? > -- Question everything -- Karl Marx _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
