On 17 March 2012 08:40, Mervyn & Elsie Maciel < [email protected]> wrote:
> I agree with Gabe that the abbreviation K.P.R. did stand for Kenya Police > Reserve. > A few Europeans and Asians were recruited for this force. The Kenya > Regiment > was made up of more hardy young men. > Another aspect I found a trifle difficult to believe was where one > interviewee > says that she could hear the "cries"(or words to that effect) of those who > were being attacked. Throughout > my own experiences during the Mau Mau Emergency, I cannot recall any Goan > or > other family living with earshot of such atrocities. > > > > Mervyn Maciel > RESPONSE: This is what a website has to say about the Kenya Regiment: http://home.comcast.net/~kenyaregiment/about.html Seems to me this was a preserve of the 'whites'. According to the site some served in "Turkana Land" - so you would be somewhat familiar? In response to another's post, fragility of memory is excusable but when one gives the impression that they were in the thick and thin of East African Colonialism; including having actually witnessed the brutality first hand, then it makes it all the more important that facts are checked out - else what is posted, will surely make Goans a laughing stock? Something so profound would have been a lived experience not an imagined one. When a trailer is shown in the Cinema - the captivating parts are shown to entice the audience to attend. Similarly, I am of the opinion that when a clip of 4-5 minutes is put out, from a possible 60-120 minutes, it should be succinct not some bondalam or imagined situation. Banding names such as Rene, Eddie and Mervyn, should automatically give the project credence and respectability? -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
