For the first time in my life, I agree more with Cecil... than with Selma.
Without intending to defend Cecil (he doesn't need it... and he's too unpredictable anyway!) his comment didn't strike me the way Selma read it. In fact, I burst into a chortle on first seeing it, provoking a family member to ask, "What happened?" To me, Cecil was trying to say: "Yes, Goa itself is a stratified, class and caste divided society. So why complain when the divisions work against you? Do we complain when we have been treating others unfairly (for generations)?" Coming to think of it, we're pretty racist when it comes to keeping people out of our own "parties". So, Cecil's question, if I read it right, why complain when a party in Goa has a "Delhites-only" unwritten signboard outside it? Don't know if Cecil would agree with my reading of his comment... but that's how it came across to me. FN PS: I don't agree with Cecil's deliberately provocative and unjustified criticism of all "South Goans" in general, as he calls them. I think he does it more for effect, like his "world famous all over Goa" joke. On 07/01/07, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Do we really have to denigrate the Kunbis and Gawdas of Salcete? These salt of the earth people have raised themselves up in society through sheer dint of hard work. Today they are represented in society as masons, teachers and administrative staff.
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cecil Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > And you were expecting what? Kunbis and gawdas > from Salcete?
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