A comment on this paragraph, if I may ... Land was literally confiscated from land-owners and given to the tillers in the mid-60s, via the Tenancy Act. Wouldn't you also consider this as cruelty, Indian-style, towards the bhatkars, by depriving them of their property? Is that land given to the tiller being tilled at all today?
>________________________________ >From: manuel tavares <[email protected]> >To: "J. Colaco < jc>" <[email protected]>; [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 1:38 PM >Subject: [Goanet] Portuguese ruled East Africa > >As for the Portuguese, I would mention that they were certainly >cruel. I come from the Village of Cuncolim, whose history is well known. Our >ancestors were deprived of our property for opposing the Portuguese, which >was confiscated and given to a Portuguese Count and never returned to us >even though the Count absconded and returned to Portugal. >
