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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:goanet-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sunith D Velho
> Sent: 14 January 2007 13:02
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Goanet] Portugal vs India - The Goa Debate
>
> Gabriel's "friend" who sent that fairy tale post can contact me in May,
> and I will take him to Nauxi and introduce him to youngsters my
> age(including Nauxi's first engineer!) and lets see what they have to
> say about the opportunities they have today and those that their
> parents had. Ask the youngsters who run shacks along the coast the same
> question.
>
Sunith, with all due respect, and without taking sides here, what makes you
believe that an independent Goa or a Portuguese Goa (post 1961) would have
not progressed in the same way or better? Yes, we will never know, isn't it?
Opportunities today are better anywhere in the world, why not in Goa?
>
> The pro-Portuguese arguments on this forum are just the "saudades" of
> old men and erstwhile bhatkars. The similarities in their arguments and
> those heard at Clube Vasco da Gama, in Panjim only re-enforce my point.
>
Sunith, again, this is not about "saudades" or nostalgia.
It is about reporting the facts and defending the truth.
Best wishes
Paulo.
