Nandakumar has written a very provocative, but reasonably substantive, article full of statements regarding Goa's history. I for one would like to see a good honest debate about it on factual grounds rather than the usual communal insinuations, innuendo, flame baits and boorishness that we see on Goanet.
Cheers, Santosh --- On Mon, 12/6/10, Gabriel de Figueiredo <[email protected]> wrote: > > A few questions: > > 1. Why is Goa a popular "retirement" location or a location > for a "holiday home" > for the high and mighty of India? Could not Ratnagiri or > Karwar for that matter, > be an equally good location? Also applies to IFFI and local > tourists. > > 2. How was it in the 60s and early 70s, when one came > to Goa by road, one could > immediately discern the remarkable difference in > body-language, mode of dress > and general composure between people across the > borders? (Today, the lines have > diluted quite a lot...) > > > What do you reckon made the difference? > > 3. Who stopped Sati? Who indicated equality of women in > succession? As a > prominent historian (now living in Portugal) has said that > a Hindu priest who > had come to Goa from another part of India, found out that > Goan Hindus were > different, and had to leave. What made the Goan Hindus > different from the Hindus > of the rest of India? > > > Dr. Nandkumar Kamat asks whether the people of Goa were > living in the dark > Ages. I don't know. But if burning a widow live is not Dark > Ages, I don't know > what is. > > > 4. Isn't the codigo civil of 1867 still followed in Goa? If > this was no good, > would it have been followed now nearly 50 years later? > > 5. Wasn't there a sort of "gentileza" been inculcated in > the psyche of a Goan? > of Trust and Honesty, which has now practically all but > disappeared from Goa? > Selma's article re Goans in English East Africa about being > able to trust Goans > with the keys of all the safes in East Africa, not enough > to indicate that there > was indeed a difference between the Portuguese Goan and the > Indian of the > times? > > > Cheers, > > Gabriel. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: U. G. Barad <[email protected] wrote: > > > > In today’s NT, Dr. Nandakumar Kamat, under subject > titled above, gives > > explanations to factual realities prevailing during > (and before) Portuguese > > rule in Goa. Read more at: > > > > http://www.navhindtimes.in/opinion/renationalisation-flat-world-iii > > > > IT is a myth that the Portuguese had a > civilising influence in Goa. > > Civilisation is not just material wealth, monuments, > architecture, drinks > > and dress. Were the people of Goa living in the dark > ages before the > > Portuguese conquest? > > Such a statement is an outright insult of the > Goan masses which still > > celebrate Dhalo, Shigmo, Intruz, Divza, Sangod > and can teach the Portuguese > > not less than 5000 culinary recipes. The > so-called civilising attempt was > > the world’s worst and the least discussed form > of anthropological > > engineering. > >
