If our goan freedom fighters want to do away with the legacy of portuguese then the freedom fighters should wear dotir, with a shirt over it and a black or white cap on the head. Albert de souza
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:49:42 -0700 > From: gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Rename 'Garcia de Orta' say Goa's FFs > > If The Goa, Daman and Diu Freedom Fighters Association want to truly get rid > of > the Portuguese legacy, please ask them to give up cooking using: > Tomatoes > Chillies > Potatoes > Pineapples > Cashew > and all the varieties of mangoes and bananas we have in Goa. These and more > (see an article by Dr. Nandkumar Kamat some years ago) are due to the legacy > the > Portuguese have left behind. > > > Also, get rid of the architectural beauties, like the pergolas in the Panjim > garden, the Campal garden (Francisco Luis Gomes) and Dona Paula. And while > they're about it, let them get rid of the Francisco Luis Gomes statue and the > garden as he was a Portuguese too (as were all Goans at the time) and one of > the > earliest parliamentarians to represent Goa in the Portuguese Cortes. > > > Oh, what about the pedestals on which the Jawan/Kisan are standing on at > Miramar > (it represents the journey of Afonso de Albuquerque, the statue of whom was > taken down), the pedestal in Old Goa which relates odes of Luis de Camoes > (the > man's statue was taken down), should these not be broken up? That brings me > to > the edifice built to commemorate Infante D. Henrique, in front of the > military > hospital - should this be left standing? Also, what about the connection > between Old Goa and Panjim - that is the oldest standing and probably the > longest causeway in India, built by the Portuguese? Why only rename? Why not > go > on a rampage a la Fontainhas and break every edifice the Portuguese built and > rebuild Goa in the Indian style and make it look more like what they are used > to > in the form of shanty towns of Delhi and Mumbai? > > By the way, how about these so-called Freedom Fighters getting back Dabolim > from > the Indian Navy, thus doing something constructive? > > > Stupid, ignorant, hypocrites! > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: JoeGoaUk <joego...@yahoo.co.uk> > > To: goa...@goanet.org > > Sent: Fri, 22 October, 2010 2:48:12 PM > > Subject: [Goanet] Rename 'Garcia de Orta' say Goa's FFs > > > > Rename 'Garcia Da Orta' say FFs > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk31/5098527697/sizes/l/ > > > > > >
