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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Permit me this transgression against cross-posting, since this is an important issue to understanding Goa of the past and yesterday. I believe that Santosh is placing the crossbar very low when it comes to testing the work of a Priolkar, with the focus shifting to whether he or not he claimed "without citing any evidence, that anybody other than the New Christians and new converts were the targets of the inquisition." A lot of Priolkar's work has been going round it circles. It will be used, for instance, as the basis of a Government of Goa-funded early 2000s film on the Goa Inquisition, and then it will be cited to critique anyone questioning the logic and intent of the film! Anyone who has been following the debate on Goanet and GoaResearchNet these days would know what the issues are primarily about. Priolkar's book has influenced a generation, and hence should be open to debate. FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> Date: 2009/7/27 Subject: [GoenchimXapotam] Re: Maligning of Priolkar To: [email protected] Rajan, Can you post this message on Goanet? Frederick appears to believe he knows what is in that book. I would especially appreciate it if you can tell me if Priolkar claimed, without citing any evidence, that anybody other than the New Christians and new converts were the targets of the inquisition. Cheers, Santosh --- In [email protected], "Rajan P. Parrikar" <parri...@...> wrote: > > I have read A.K. Priolkar's "Goa Inquisition" (I have it on my shelf) and > NOTHING in his work lead me to believe he was a "zealous propagandist." His > is an important work of history and if I correctly recall Priolkar himself > observes that more work is needed on the subject. > > One more thing - I did use Priolkar's work to debunk a true-blue propagandist > and whitewasher of Portuguese crimes, namely Frederick Noronha. Rajan P. Parrikar to GoenchimXapotam show details 05:08 (7 hours ago) Reply Follow up message Dr. Helekar, Alas, my 'shelf' is physically in storage right now. One thing that I clearly remember Priolkar writing towards the end of his book - the smart bean that he was, he had anticipated these charges especially given his Hindu bamon background, and he observes that it would have been better if someone else had undertaken the work. As for responding to Frederick - I will give it a pass for now. I long stopped engaging him in any serious manner (this is not to imply that you shouldn't). As I have said on Goanet many times, he is a cut & paste hack, nothing more. I doubt the man has read a single good book in his life, or carried a single thought to any conclusion. He has the attention span of a toddler. -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://fredericknoronha.multiply.com/ http://goa1556.goa-india.org "Punctuality is the virtue of the bored." - Evelyn Waugh
