With due respect, and I don't mean this to be personal... but that "genteel world" could also be called part of a tiny Goan elite, a part of which never got accustomed to the demise of colonialism.
[The essay that JC points to is indicative. Try GoogleTranslate or some Firefox plugin if needed.] It was also out of touch with the aspirations and perspectives of the bulk of Goans, and till date won't even concede how narrow the peak of the pre-1961 Goan pyramid was. Which is why, at times, the changes of the last 50 years -- corruption, communalism and a whole lot of other problems thrown in -- do seem to be a somewhat better alternative! FN On 23 October 2010 00:17, Carvalho <[email protected]> wrote: > Incidentally, I came across a picture of your father on the Oheraldo dated > January 1954 playing to an audience at the inaguaration of the Musica > Academy. I > understand that wonderful, genteel world your family was part of, it was a > grand > world indeed.
