Which are the Goan war veterans, the freedom fighters? These chaps were and are till today playing pocket billiards. Which war did they fight?
BC Goan war veterans prepare to take on Portuguese celebration of colonialism By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar (CP) – 1 day ago PANAJI, India — The Portuguese have come back to Goa, and the men who fought to drive them out of this former colony nearly five decades ago are mobilizing again to stop them. The flashpoint for this admittedly less violent conflict is the celebration of 500 years of Portuguese influence over Goa, now a state in western India. "How can anyone celebrate the arrival of oppressors?" asked Nagesh Karmali, a poet and spokesman for the Freedom Fighters Association of Goa, who still limps from injuries suffered from torture in a Portuguese-run prison five decades ago. "Freedom fighters have shed our blood to oust the Portuguese from Goa." _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ tambdimati: the Goa review is a community blog of original _/ art, writing, music, news and commentary from and about the _/ smallest state in the subcontinent. check out the newest _/ member of the Goanet family daily at _/ http://www.tambdimati.com. _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/