I think the depiction of the common man in the center with all those who have become fat taking the bread off his table, is a brilliant satire! It is also Art and creativuty. This brings me to the underlying topic of "hurting sentiments".There are Muslim and Hindu radicals and also christian radicals.I hope and pray that I do not see the day when we have Christian terrorists or fundamantalists making a mockery of Christ's teachings, as are being done by the muslim and Hindu fundamentalists of their religion. * * * In every way, the Goans of Bombay were part of the great melee that was this metropolis, distinct perhaps in the way communities often are, holding on to their own traditions but merging slowly nonetheless and forming the thin thread of nationhood that would eventually become India. -- Selma Carvalho, in *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
