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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 9:46:03 +0530 From: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Goanet] MoI : Catholics must submit to Hindu's to show they are culturally one? Has Adv. Uday Bhembre not realized that his "pink cheddi" has been showing for long time now ? I agree with Uday bab when he says that Hindus, Catholics and Muslims can be easily distinguished in Goa, even my two and a half year old grandson can do that, he tries to speak Marathi or Konkani to Hindus and Konkani and English to Christians, depending on what they are wearing, but when he says that we should be culturally one just like Kerala, does he mean that we all should wear a dhoti and a coat like himself and his elite Hindus, just as every one in Kerala wears a lungi. In Kerala only Malayalam is the state language, so to be culturally one shouldn't we have just Konkani in Goa ? Why Marathi, English, Urdu and Khannad ? Or has Uday bab not noticed these facts ? Adv. Uday has come up with a happening that had happened 22 years ago, even then, if he wants to make sure of the present situation, he can go inside the Grace Church in Margao, one Sunday and see how many services we have in Konkani, just to see how many children respond and sing in Konkani, instead of jumping to conclusion, and just because the children did not understand Mr. Uday's Konkani, it certainly does not mean they do not know Konkani. The MOI in Devnagri script that Uday bab and his "pink cheddi" friends are trying to enforce on the Cathoilc students is alien to them and that is a fact. Catholics prefer Roman script, not just for English but for Konkani as well. I have said this before and I am saying it again Konkani has been preserved and promoted only by our Catholic Priests and Tiatrist both in Roman script and the few writers in both Roman and Devnagri script. Catholics are not against Konkani but against the alien script that's being forced down our throats. When the majority community is trying to suppress the minority then chaos will certainly reign. The minority community has had it's fair share if not more in preserving our language and our Goan Identity so the Goan Catholics have every right to expect their wishes be granted, is that too much to ask after all our sacrifices and contributions to the welfare of Goa and Konkani ? I can assure Uday bab that by trying to force an alien script on Catholic students you will only drive them away from Konkani or may be Uday bab and his "pink cheddi" wants exactly that to happen. Let not our language, Konkani, be the bone of contention but a medium of unity. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes ##################################################################################### The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. #####################################################################################
