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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- On Sun, 8/2/09, Frederick "FN" Noronha <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hard to believe that this is the same person so widely > quoted by Anant Kakba Priolkar in his book on the Goa Inquisition: > This continued smearing of the historian Priolkar by the freelance journalist Noronha becomes more and more curious by each passing day. To people who know something about scholarly research, and the obligation and responsibility of researchers to discuss and cite all prior accounts that deal with the subject at hand in an impartial manner, Priolkar's citation of Buchanan's account should not be a surprise. Indeed, Priolkar's work would have been regarded as shoddy and incomplete if he had deliberately left Buchanan out. As far as I can tell Priolkar has cited every single prior work related to the Goan inquisition, including translation of records from the Goan archives. What's more, other historians have stated that subsequent publication of a previously unknown account from the 16th or 17th century has largely confirmed Priolkar's observations. Now why Noronha is hellbent on maligning Priolkar with all kinds of spurious hints, frivolous assertions and smoke and mirror tactics is anybody's guess. Cheers, Santosh
