Looks like Edila did not quite understand the meaning of India. "Goa is part of India" she says. So is the whole of Bengal and the whole of Sind (check the Indian national anthem) were parts of (British) India. So why is Bengal divided into East Bengal (India) and a separate country now called Bangladesh? Why wasn't Bangladesh annexed to India in 1971 as Goa was? Why is there a country called Pakistan today? And what about Sri Lanka which was also part of a region called Bharat in ancient times?
"Instead of settling in Bombay or in other parts of India....he wanted to be in Goa". If this was so, why did Pundalica leave Goa almost as soon as he lost his Congress seat? Grapes were sour? My apologies if I hurt sentiments by saying this, but to me it sort of indicates that, just like Nehru, Pundalica wanted to rule the roost as the first Chief Minister of Goa; unfortunately for him, he could not be "appointed" as Nehru was, but had to face an election that resulted in a "trouncing to remember" for Congress. It appears to me that it wasn't Goan people he was thinking about when he went to Delhi and organised his Afro-Asian Seminar in October 1961 to force Nehru's hand, but his own "glory". Despite very detailed accounts in his book relating to the movements leading to the actions of Dec 1961 and the aftermath, he does not mention the loss of Congress (and his seat) nor the reasons that led him to leave the country. I have been on the lookout for Edila's book "In search of tomorow" to see if there was another explanation to bust my foregoing "theories", but have been so far unsuccessful in procuring a copy. BTW, on pg 175 of PD Gaitonde's "The Liberation of Goa", there is a mention "Franco Nogueira's biography of Salazar ... "in a plebiscite carried out by the Delhi Government, Goans were asked if they accept or reject the integration of India (Grande India). The results show: 138,170 votes for integration, 172,191 against..." ". Did Franco Nogueira mistake the Opinion Poll for a plebiscite? ----- Original Message ---- > From: Carvalho <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 22 October, 2010 6:44:21 PM > Subject: [Goanet] Interview of Edila wife of Pundalik Gaitonde > > http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/gvuk_files/Edila_Gaitonde.pdf >
