Pandu Lampiao wrote:
The 'Goans are c****** ' was phrased by one Fr. Premand Dessai (originally Morias of Cuncolim, a jesuit) when he did the march from Mangor Hill in Vasco.....this lead to the "non-Goans get out of Goa" riots of 1984 or 85 I think.
Fr Kristanand Desai (not Premand) was the name, and, if I recall right, it was around 1982. The march used as a pretext to go on a rampage by ideologies and individuals who went on to make a fast buck for themselves, get elected to power, play controversial games, etc ... The march was -- again if I recall correct -- to ask for a school for the migrant poor to learn in the language of their choice.
This is part of the Constitutionally-guaranteed educational rights to minorities, whether religious or linguistic. Even the Pais deploy the same for some of their educational institutions in the Udupi-Mangalore belt, and Konkani communities too have the right to ask for it if they have the numbers for a classroom or a small school. (English being squeezed out at the primary level under various pretexts in today's Goa is quite another matter.)
Pandu, I think your overall pessimism could turn into a 'good' self-fulfilling prophecy! FN
