--- On Mon, 8/18/08, Arwin Mesquita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good; now how can you contribute in ACTION to what you > support. >
Arwin, Here is how I already contribute: 1. By not taking or offering bribes 2. By obeying the law 3. By taking out my trash and dumping it in a designated garbage dump 4. By cleaning up after me 5. By not buying a flat in a building built on agricultural or converted land 6. By not constructing a tall building on land meant for small homes 7. By contributing to organizations that preserve the natural environment and our Indian historical and cultural heritage 8. By speaking and writing in the Indian language Konknni 9. By contributing to Indian cultural/educational organizations and causes 10. By participating in forums pertaining to my place of birth and schooling in India 11. By not blaming non-Goan Indians for Goa's problems 12. By dowsing the flames of xenophobic madness 13. By exposing the casteist and divisive basis of the bogus issue of unique Goan identity 14. By disseminating factual information on scientific and health-related issues -- On Mon, 8/18/08, Arwin Mesquita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Rajan and Myself are from Goa whose identity is shaped from the hisorical >>facts which I am sure your are aware and Konkani is our mother tongue; >>simple least you start complicating it!! > Rajan's historical facts are not the same as yours. Rajan is a Hindu. You appear to be a Catholic, unless you have now converted to Hinduism, and kept your Catholic name. His ancestors were not converted. Yours most likely were, unless you descended directly from Portuguese or Spanish Catholics. If your ancestors were converted, it is uncertain (unless you know otherwise) which religion they belonged to before conversion. Rajan claims that his caste is that of a bamonn, and that he loves this caste business. What is your caste? Do you want to preserve your casteist identity? It is very easy to list 10 other differences between you and Rajan, in terms of food, music, history, culture and vocation. Even the Konknni you speak is most likely not the same as that of Rajan. So the only thing that you can legitimately claim to have in common with Rajan from what you have written above is that you are from Goa, by which I assume you mean, both of you were born in Goa. If that is your residual definition of unique Goan identity then you should have nothing against Kartar Singh Parmar who was born in Goa 25 years ago and speaks Konknni like Rajan. Cheers, Santosh
