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Selma dear, you bring another porcine element to mind: The tenyssonian ....swine that sees not beyond the blade of grass it is knowing. Viva SORPOTEL, Alfred >From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" ><[email protected]> >To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> >Subject: [Goanet] Why Charudatt breaks my heart >Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:58:09 -0700 (PDT) > > > >--- Charudatt Prabhudesai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > > > > Bai Reena, Fred seems to be en F joying N this > > entire dukor thing. Don't you > > dig, he is a pro Christao? But so are you, na go? > > David Padmashree Angelo > > Khoro Goinkar! > > >------------------------------------ > >When I think of the extremists in India, I presume >they are the fringe element of society, unemployed, >uneducated, without access to information, easily >manipulated and incapable of independent thought. > >Unfortunately that is not the case. If 50 years after >independence we are still calling each other Christao, >Konkne and Mussalman, then the exercise in >independence has been one in futility. Independence >hopefully just wasn't from an occupying power but also >from ways of thinking that kept us captive and >divided. > >I have been reading Charudatt's rants on this forum, >and it breaks my heart that a seemingly educated >person should harbor so much ill-will towards the >Christian section of Goan society. Unfortunately >communalism is alive and well not only in politics but >in the mainstream of Indian society as well. > >Charudatt, know this. I am no less Goan because my >surname ends with a vowel and you are no more Goan >because you can rant about someone being a >pro-Christao, whatever that means in this day and age. >Let's not be defined by our jingoistic rhetoric, but >rather by a vision large-hearted enough to take our >country forward and secure peace for our children. > >selma > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Got a little couch potato? >Check out fun summer activities for kids. >http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz >------------------------------------------------------- >Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, >'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. >This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone >wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by >Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally >by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------
