FN, I submit that sudden changes (esp in demographics) create problems.....while gradual and long term contact brings forth some semblance (at the very least) of tolerance. A classic example is the graduated assimilation (acceptance) and development of the Asian community in the UK, US, Canada and even Portugal.
The article itself is too long for posting on GN. It has nil to do with the logic referred to ( and inferred) by you infra. jc == Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> wrote: JC, I was on the specific point that I find the 'Muslims-from-Goa-good; Muslims-from-outside-Goa-bad' logic to be unconvincing and misleading if not deliberately mischevious. It was in this context that I mentioned the URL of the article below. http://www.colaco.net/1/TGFCommunalRiots.htm * * * Encounter hints (and more) of the Goan life in Zanzibar, Poona, Mombasa, Basra, Dubai, and even Nuvem and Colva, Sanvordem and colonial Goa. Learn of experiences that shaped Goans worldwide. Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* now available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Ask a friend to buy it, before it gets sold out. Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
