On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:32:56 -0700, Santosh Helekar wrote : <<<I will let sober and rational people in this forum decide what kind of communal
seeds were sown by whom in which family, and also who is spreading misinformation here. But if someone wants to read about communal policies of the Portuguese government, and communalism among the Hindus and Catholics during the 451 years of Portuguese rule, and in the early sixties, then here are some references that I have read on this subject:….>>> RESPONSE : I would advise Santosh to read my posts on this thread right from the first one. I am talking of communal violence which have occurred in India till date with deaths occurring in a community. I have even provided a site giving how many people killed and which community. Here Santosh talks that during the Portuguese regime it was worse as told to him by his parents and grand-parents. And now he cites 4 books here written by some authors, mainly on Portuguese regime, communalism and caste system. In fact one of the books by Robert S. Newman states thus: QUOTE: Caste--The unhappiest inheritance of our pre-Portuguese past is the caste system. Due in great measure to mass conversions, and to a missionary policy which was tolerant in this regard, the Goan convert brought to Christianity, preserved, and even developed his caste and its loyalties, though its excesses were curbed and softened. UNQUOTE. So where does this lead to? From where has this ‘caste’ system come that is the root cause of communalism the author speaks about? And the author even goes to the extent to say"though its excesses were curbed and softened". Goa had just one communal violence, like the one that happened at Sanvordem some 4 or 5 years years back. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
