Wonder which part of Goa the bhatkar's are called upon to decide. All my years in Goa I have never seen this happen. Infact mundkars would keep the so called bhatkar's at bay. Accepted that the sarpanch washes his/her hands off the matter... but not without striking a deal with one of the feuding parties.
Social conscience and bhatkars ? Can someone enlighten me on the bhatkars social contribution after liberation ? blasio Message: 3 Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 00:46:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Gabriel de Figueiredo <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Our facile Goan Catholic Society .. It has not changed !!! To: [email protected], "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Rico, It is precisely because some bhatkars had a social concience that they didn't throw out the mundkars at the first inkling of the news that a Tenancy Act was being enacted, as quite a number did.? However, now that the land is in the hands of the second generation, neither bhatkar nor mundkar is bothered with either side of the "encumbrances". Hence what you see out there, I am sorry to say. In the meanwhile, I have noticed that in case of a dispute between mundkars, the bhatkar is called upon to decide, and the Sarpanch washes his/her hands off the matter ... Gabriel.
