I've not -- so far -- come across any object to the use of appelations like Bhadkar (literally, landlord) or Dotor (someone educated, not necessarily a medical practitioner or a PhD). Or even 'patrao' (boss).
The term 'bhadkar' used to be far more common in the 1960s in Goa, and those times were clearly more semi-feudal than now. Patrao is still commonplace, and widely used for anyone seen as a class-superior. Or someone educated. To my embarassment, my vegetable-vendor, a migrant from north Karnataka, insists on respectfully calling me 'patrao'! So, is it just a question of class-bias? We have no problem in moving upwards, or perceiving to have done so. Much like is the case with caste and Srinivas's theories of Sanskritisation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskritisation] FN 2009/11/21 Agnelo Fernandes <[email protected]> > Maybe they call us Uncle/Aunty because nowadays the migrant workers are > called Mama & Mami. > Bests > Agnelo (Calangute/Gaumvaddi-Anjuna) -- Frederick Noronha :: +91-832-2409490 Writing, editing, alt.publishing, photography, journalism ANOTHER GOA: http://tiny.cc/anothergoa
