Selma, Why does the Kharvi want to become a Bamon. If he owns a dozen trawlers, he has truly done well for himself and should enjoy his wealth. Why would he want marriage proposals from impoverished Bamons, or the Fundacao parties, they maybe quite boring.
Regards, Sonia do Rosario Gomes --- Cornel DaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Selma > You are absolutely spot on regarding Catholic Goan > traditional derision of > many a person's occupation---particularly pertaining > to the examples you > provided. > > But for the humbug generated by bogus caste > pretensions, the Catholic Goans > would have been a united > people rather than being seriously divided. Further, > in my view, but for the > absolute nonsense of racist caste belief that, is > actually accommodated by > the Church in Goa, Catholic Goans would have been > deemed a reasonably > intelligent people. > Cornel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Sunith Velho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Goa's > premiere mailing list, > estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:04 PM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan "shippies" and "gulfies" > > > > Goans have a long history of lack of respect for > the > > dignity of labour. Someone is a poder, someone is > a > > kharvi, someone is a raindar. I believe this > disdain > > comes because in India (Goa) occupations have been > > linked to caste. A kharvi for instance can never > be a > > bamon, no matter how many trawlers he may own or > how > > many fishing export units he may set up. Come > marriage > > proposal time, or time to get invited to Fundacao > > Oriente parties, he will still remain a kharvi to > be > > shunned. > > selma > > > __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/
