To Goanet -
Of Goans, non Goans and anti-Goans
By Oscar Rebello
Long ago, when in medical school, I had this most horrifying encounter that
always disturbs one and remains deeply etched in the deepest recesses of my
heart.
A true blue blooded, 'niz Goenkarâ' colleague of mine once asked me, "Dude,
how is it that you have green eyes"?
I replied that some great grandmother of mine was of Portuguese ancestry
and
that is how I'd probably inherited them. He simply glared at me and I
didn't
recognise the glint in his eye then as he spat "Oh! So you are a Portuguese
pig then. You aren't Goan?"
Poof! There is one nanosecond of prejudice a fellow Goan had de-Goanised me
in his mind, just like that.
What a hoot! Just this morning I sent off a post in which I called upon Dr.
Oscar Rebello to step down from his position at the GBA and soon thereafter
he drops this on us!
Dr. Rebello first sang public praises of Digambar Kamat, whose
administration along with Rane's has been the most vile and corrupt in Goa's
history, the Digambar Kamat who oversees the systematic disintegration of
Goa. Now, Dr. Oscar Rebello, wags his finger at us Goans, hectoring us on
the virtues of tolerance. Is he up for nomination for the Mahatma of the
Year Award or what?
Dr. Oscar Rebello wants to have it both ways - use his position within the
GBA for self-promotion and access to the media, and then in the same breath
claim that these are his personal views.
If there is anyone with even a shred of decency left within the GBA, I call
upon them to eject Dr. Rebello from the GBA. He no longer represents or
speaks for the Goan people.
Regards,
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