Dear Bernado, I invariably have a lot of sympathy for your views, though I may not share them wholly, which is to say, that yes, we should recognise that for a definite segment of Goans, the so-called Liberation, was not in fact a Liberation, and heralded the end of the good times.
You make a point that needs to be made, even, as I have already indicated it is very often not made in the best possible manner, rather you hit out blindly, in the process making more enemies than friends. Your response to Selma's essay is perhaps an example of this blind hitting out. My hair stood on end when I read this particular piece, and I muttered to myself ' a voice has been born!'. Selma's comments on Goa have grown since the time she has first started writing, fed no doubt by the huge amounts of writing and research she has been doing, and a clear-headed passion for Goa that is enviable. Selma is no Indian lackey, but that does not mean that she should be a pro-Portuguese era stooge either! She made a rather objective statement that holds good, even while she would acknowledge that the Indian action was less than cricket and justifiable only within Indian nationalist terms. I would beg from you a little reflection and caution before you hit out and comment without realising what the person is really saying. Unless all you are interested in is mourning the past, and wish no positive change for the future, I would say that Selma is one of your best friends! Finally, I think the point you made about pre-61 being seen as nostalgia alone (not a point that Selma is making) is VERY perceptive and relevant indeed! As some of us American influenced kids would say, 'You go gurl!!' warmly, Jason > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:03:10 -0800 (PST) > From: Bernado Colaco <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Who the bleep cares > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Strange and as always pro bharat writers refer the pre 61 as nostalgia, > faint memories etc.?Besides this?writer has no guts to write about the > colonization taking place post 61 'liberation', instead uses polite terms? > to refer the current disaster of Goa. > ? > BC > ? > Which leaves the first generation immigrants who migrated out of Goa. They > are fiercely loyal to Goa, but their loyalties are tied into nostalgia, > faint memories of how Goa used to be prior to Liberation and all the > Catholic attachment or prejudice their upbringing in Colonial Goa > engendered. ----------------------------------------------------- Read my thoughts at www.dervishnotes.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------- For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights. (B R Ambedkar)
