I heard way back that Cardinal Gracias was also supportive. Is this true? Venantius J Pinto
On 1/21/14, eric pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > Much influence over live-in lover, yes, unilateral campaign, > no. > Nehru had summoned his Cambridge companion, Frank Moraes, > to Delhi, and categorically asked him if he could count on the > support of Bombay's Catholic intelligentsia for the military > move. > Moraes claims in his book that his reply was an unequivocal yes. > I believe Franks account. In the same book, he uses the > euphemistic term 'effeminate duo' to describe the Nehru-Menon > relationship. He would call a spade a spade. > If you looking for something sordid, consider the > Mountbatten > odour. He belonged to the same gay underground at Cambridge and > owed his friends more then 'one.' He had defied London and given > Gurdaspur to India, leaving him the corridor he needed for an > invasion of Hari Singh's Kashmir. His RAF transported Hari to > Delhi, a virtual prisoner. > Edwina was a lesbian, a biographer's claim made ten years > ago, > which the family has refused to refute. eric. > > From: Dan Driscoll < > > > If I may put in a word: My understanding has been that Krishna Menon was > Nehru's Defence Minister, and that he more or less unilaterally took the > initiative of launching a military campaign (by land and sea) to end the > Colonial Regime in Goa; Nehru is claimed by some commentators to have read > of the 'Goan Invasion' in the newspapers, and that he was deeply troubled. > > I'm not well informed on what local sentiment might have been at that time, > but having had a keen minded Goan-girl spouse, and domiciled in Goa through > a lengthy retirement sojourn, I would be most interested in anything that > comes here concerning that 'liberation-era' of Goan History. > > Was Menon a devil, or guardian angel in disguise? 'Depends on one's point > of view', doubtless; but to what degree have views (both pro & con, and > shuttled back and forth) come to a final balance point? > > Jacob wrestled through the night with 'an angel', and came out of it > 'wounded in the thigh'! But, lived to see another day. > > The discussion is a worthy one; but we should not think of Krishna Menon as > 'a gent'. Let's at least capitalize the 'g'. > > > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Joe Lobo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Folks, >> I apologise for my error calling Krishna Menon the foreign >> minister. Perhaps he was the Defence Minister....which would make >> his neglect of preparedness unforgivable ? >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Colaco < jc>" <[email protected]> >> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 3:30 PM >> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Remembering a luminary >> >> >> On 18 January 2014 11:10, Joe Lobo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Was not this the gent , who while Foreign Minister of >>> India..?.....ignored the Chinese Threat on the NEFA border, with >>> his >>> protestations of " Hindi- Chinee bhai, bhai " whilst they >>> slaughtered >>> hundreds of WW-1 Lee Enfield ancient rifle toting indian soldiers >>> as >>> they pushed southwards across the McMahon line which was a hazy >>> undermarcated border left as a Brit legacy " >>> >>> >>> COMMENT: >>> >>> 1: Krishna Menon was NEVER the Foreign Minister of India >>> >>> 2: What caught my attention in that article is that this ostensible >>> Leftist, while a High Commissioner to the UK, rode around in a Rolls >>> Royce >>> presented to him by Nehru. >>> >>> jc >>> >>> >> >
