At times like this, I really almost believe that JC does us all a major disservice by letting his personal likes and dislikes get the better of him. In this case, he ends up ridiculing Eugene, by highlighting some typos and minor errors that crept into Eugene's post.
Anyone reading it with an open mind would immediately understand what Eugene meant... the mistakes that crept in notwithstanding. To my mind, Eugene is raising an important discussion here. Some of us at least may have this book in hand, but have not even noticed this crucial issue about understanding our history and our heroes -- and their strengths and weaknesses (real or imagined). As Eugene suggests, such claims would be more credible if documented against some record, or at least by way of an interview with someone closely connected with those times. Otherwise, anyone would make just about any claims about anybody else. Let's keep egos and dislikes aside, in the interest of getting a better understanding of the past. As anyone who submits an article would know, such reviews and comments are sometimes (often?) written in a hurry, expecting that the editor/subeditor on the desk would set things right. In my view, Eugene has done us all a favour by sharing his review (which is also not otherwise available online). The least we should do is not pour scorn on him! Of course, I know I'm going to draw some angry responses for saying this; but someone has to. FN -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 [email protected] Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings On 5 March 2012 05:24, J. Colaco < jc> <[email protected]> wrote: > EC [1] The book, Triumph of Secularism ....contains an unattributed, > unsubstantiated opinion by its authors, Rajan Narayan and Dr. Sharon > D'Cruz, that Dr. Jack de Sequeira was willing to give HIS demand FOR > MERGER if his demand for chief minister’s post in a Maharashtrawadi > Gomantak Party (MGP) and United Goans Party (UGP) under a coalition > government was accepted. > > jc 1: HIS demand FOR MERGER? .... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
