Goanet appears to be evenly balanced between pro-Portuguese, anti-Portuguese, pro-India and anti-India sentiments. As far as religion is concerned, however, it is a little bit more anti-Hindu, anti-Muslim and anti-secular than anti-Christian and anti-atheistic.
Cheers, Santosh --- On Sun, 11/28/10, Charudatt Prabhudesai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > QUOTING Selma: > "...Because for 4 centuries, one way or another the lives > of Catholic Goans have been entwined with that of the > Portuguese. > To pretend otherwise is ridiculous. And while I do > understand that > the history of Hindu Goans has been divergent, and we have > to mindful > of that, they too should be mindful of our sentiments. This > constant > harping against the Portuguese, is nothing but a sublimated > sore."... > ________________________ > > RE: > The pseudo-conclusive quote above from Selma is too loose > a generalisation to be true. It seems just as biased as > the > quite inappropriately suggested 'Hindu sentiment'. > I have known some Hindus who, ensorcelled by the > Portuguese, > were sympathetic to them. It is safer to say that a > certain > faction of Goan society-in-G was sympathetic to the > Portuguese cause.(which was to subjugate and rule the > indigenous > people in order to expand their imperialist order) > While the Hindu sentiment is a result of "a sublimated > sore" - > (what is that supposed to mean, I wonder) - the > pro-Portuguese > praise of the Goan Catholic is actually the sentiment of a > > minority of Goan Elite. I do not expect a great many > gawde's > and kundbies - although they may be Catholics - to share > this > pro-Portuguese sentiment. >
