Dear Paulo, A quick response. I do understand your grouse perfectly as, I'm sure, you understand my stand.
You're not peeved at India liberating/invading Goa but at not maintaining the status quo in social structures -- i.e. providing preferential treatment to the existing elites, or at least a provision to retain Goa's distinct identity by barring other Indians from owning property there, as it was done in Kashmir. But, as we know, the situation in Goa was vastly different from Kashmir, a predominantly Muslim state ruled by a Hindu, with Pakistan staking a claim on it. Goa was more like Pondicherry than Kashmir. It's time we put this discordant semantics behind us and looked forward to the future. Regards, RKN <<Dear RKN, I find it most amusing that you decided to pick up on only one of my statements to base your response. It is not a surprise that you picked the least important one. Can we then assume that you do not have a response to the rest of the content from my post? Or are you in agreement? Perhaps then it may be that it disturbs you as much as it does to me. Best Paulo.
