Hi Shanti Thanks very much for your most beautiful and insightful limerick on caste mentality among the Goans.
You must know that I have confined my criticism of this issue strictly to Catholic Goans for obvious reasons--the total incompatibility between Catholic belief and caste belief that absolutely nobody on Goanet has been able to challenge or dispute for the best part of five years. Maybe, I should offer a cash prize to receive a persuasive caste rationale from any 'Catholic' Goan anywhere! However, you clearly know a great deal that, you could share further with us please when you say among other things: "...sadly it is much alive...and "it manifests itself in many subtle ways... "...how persistent its practice remains... Shanti, I am sure you could elaborate on such points equally beautifully in your forthcoming limericks by expanding on your above superb lines with concrete examples for those who persistently pretend that caste is something pretty non-existent and thus consistently sweep it under the carpet in the classic trait of Goan hypocrisy as underpinned by your classic limerick. Kind regards Cornel --- Shanti Dhoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CASTE MENTALITY AMONG GOANS > > One had thought this question of caste > > Was abandoned by Goans and a thing of the past, > > But sadly it is very much alive, > > Somehow it manages to survive. > > How much longer will this ugly mentality last? > > It manifests itself in many subtle ways... > > And what does one really amaze > > Is how persistent its practice remains, > > Binding many Christians too in its chains > > Who still refuse their attitudes to re-appraise.
