Hi Sunith,
You must keep it in perspective that We Goans are Unique ! We are the only
Catholic community in the world that is Stratified ! All other Catholic
communities around the world are flat i.e. everyone is equal in the eyes of
God !
That gives us Goans some more challenges that other Catholic communities
cannot look forward to .. like pulling down Caste barriers ! That makes our
achievements all the more worthwhile and challenging !
BTW the Maharashtra Government has recently recognized the Catholic East
Indian community of western India as OBC (Other Baskward Class) and the
Centre has always recognized the Catholic Koli (Fisherfolk) Community of
Bombay as a Scheduled Caste.
see link: http://www.eastindiansongs.com/Obc.htm
Its about time that we stake a claim for our Goan Catholic Kharvis and
Kunbis for these Special Class concessions and reservations, that our
Kokon-Kunbis enjoy over our Christao Kunbis ! It will also help us stuff the
medical colleges and engineering colleges with more Goans - all for the
Greater Glory of our beloved Goa !
Best Regards,
Dr. Carmo D'Cruz
Goan
Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
Message: 10
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:22:21 -0000
From: "Sunith Velho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Whats so great about Fundacao Parties/reply to Cornel
To: <[email protected]>
Cornel,
The upper castes all over India want to keep the divide alive for obvious
reasons.
India's illogical form of affirmative action(read reservations) has ensured
that the erstwhile lower castes have a reason to perpetuate this ugly
practice.
After all if you convert to religions that do not provide official sanction
for caste such as Buddhism or Christianity, you lose the right to benefits
via the reservation route. Regardless of the fact that your economic
situation remains the same.
Strangely there is another group of people (mostly on this forum) who seek
to keep the divide alive for no apparent reason. They are the kind who
introduce words like Bamon, Chardo, Kharvi, Gulfie and Shippie into every
debate. I think Selma and Carmo have a lifetime membership to this peculiar
society.
Best Regards
Sunith Velho
