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5th Annual Konkan Fruit Fest
Promenade, D B Bandodkar Road, Panaji, Goa
16-18, May 2008
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-May/073789.html
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Dear Goanetters,
Goanet's resident 'Scientist' has spoken.
This was the latest instalment.
"There is no basis for a single homogeneous Goan
identity that can be or needs to be preserved. The
identity of each Goan social group, which there are a
legion, differs significantly based on religion,
caste, subcaste, taluka, village and vaddo. Rajan's
cultural identity is not the same as that of Romlo or
Remo. My neighbors in Chimbel speak four different
dialects of Konknni, and have as many distinct sets of
rites and mores.
What needs to be preserved and promoted, therefore, is
our language, literature, art, music and the wholesome
traditions and cultural practices of all the
multifarious Goan communities. At the same time we
need to weed out harmful elements of our culture,
along with xenophobic and intolerant attitudes.
My personal experience has been that non-Goans who
permanently settle in Goa can do all of this as well
as any native Goan, let alone a theatrical Goan
cyber-chauvinist.
Cheers,
Santosh"
Response:
If you need a perfect example of the adage 'it takes one to know one',
this is it. Talk about theatrical Goan cyber-chauvinist.
What do the precious jewels extruded from our scientist's pen tell us?
He does not think that there is anything wrong in the fact that scores
of villages in goa have been destroyed as Rajan has clearly depicted
though his photos published on this forum.
He does not think that there is anything wrong in the fact that
apartments in many parts of Goa are now as expensive as in many parts
of Europe and North america and as such beyond the purchasing power of
most ordinary hard working goans.
He thinks that the non-Goans settled in Goa(UpBhaiyas, Bihari Babus
etc) are eminently capable of preserving Goan identity.
And then, in another post he says that there are jokers writing on this forum.
Need I say more?
Anil Desai
