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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the link, FN. I am in no position to state whether the author verified the details before publishing them. Even so, pages 9 and 10 were very difficult to read; What went on in the name of Sati (and still apparently goes on in certain places) was just as inhumane to life as the Inquisition. The description on pages 9 and 10 are truly awful. I would have had more respect for Priolkar if he had analysed the way ALL peoples of the subcontinent treated others i.e. Burnt them alive. The Inquisitioners burnt those who practiced another religion, The practioners of Sati only burnt women, albeit hundreds of thousands of them. According to the Satiests - the women had no reason to live (and have access to property) when their husband was dead. So, they burnt the whole lot of them. Beats me why a "historian" who had access to the printing press, did not invest time in investigating Sati. Was it because Sati only burnt women? ...and because ...during his time, women were still ....kind of worthless? Historians (even modern day ones) will write history (i.e. his story) from their own angle. That is why, the history of the (say) Arab Israeli conflict has such divergence - based on who is writing the history. It is the bias - known to researchers as something that causes a 'skew' in the data and eventual result. Priolkar IMHO was not an unbiased story teller. He could have told the whole story ....but intentionally or otherwise, did not. Anybody who believes that Priolkar was unbiased - is invited to provide the evidence that he was equitable in his publications. jc == 2009/8/2 Frederick "FN" Noronha [email protected] Hard to believe that this is the same person so widely quoted by Anant Kakba Priolkar in his book on the Goa Inquisition: http://books.google.com/books?id=nI0NAAAAYAAJ&dq=an+apology+for+promoting+christianity+in+india&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=_EGp9ul0pI&sig=gBtY0le8ZsMUNyoPR1l_nHJHdU4&hl=en&ei=bi12SrDoLdeIkQWSwYSODA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
