Dear Rajan, I am (after much thought) surprised that you took Santosh Helekar's statement clinically. In a sense, that you took it to heart. There is no doubt that people, and we Goans respect you, but I also feel that one could ask direct questions. "Santosh-bab, do you feel that Dr. Newman really understands our music (or something to that effect)." Anyway, it appears that it would have been acceptable had Helekar said that, Dr. Newman knows more about Goa than "most" Goans, instead of knowing more than any Goan. In the end the record will speak for itself.
Man, you guys individually have more brainpower than most people on this sorry earth, including in Goa. This reminds me of an interesting Japanese proverb, Sannin yoreba Monju no chie (Three people together have the wisdom of a Buddha), or the tepid English version, Two heads are better than one. Monju is the 'saint' of wisdom in Buddhism. venantius > From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan archetypes, stereotypes and caricatures > > To Goanet - > We were disputing Dr. Helekar's gushing > endorsement of Dr. Newman as someone who knows > more about "Goan culture" than any Goan.
