Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Selma,
First, I submit that you are making the following practical mistakes: " Believing that people like Samir Kelekar who are strongly in support of Konknni primary education are communal-minded folk who want to ostracize or denationalize Catholics" -- COMMENT: My dear Santoshbab, I would have had NO problem IF Samir's "strong support" was for Konkani primary education without a proviso. If I have read him correctly, he is also in "strong opposition" of English primary education. All this - as it relates to NOT supporting the provision of grants for English medium primary schools. His primary reason for denying grants for English is that Konkani (or whatever is being taught as Konkani) is the mother tongue of Goans. If that is so, WHY are grants for Marathi medium schools NOT objected to by Samir? Is it because Marathi is the mother tongue of Goans? I have thought about which community is interested in Marathi medium schools and which English medium schools ..... and come to the conclusion that the position taken by the English antagonists including Samir ....is a communal one. I would love to hear why I am likely to be wrong. jc
