On Oct 4, 2012, at Eugene Correia wrote: > As for Pakistan,
(1): many Goans made their personal choice to go to Karachi DURING the Partition and (2): those who were in Karachi CHOSE to remain there instead of moving into India. COMMENT: re #1: Nonsense! (Unless, the always ' verify before writing' journo meant that many Goans went from the border city of Lahore to the port city of Karachi which had several settlements of Goans). re #1: The 'troubles' surrounding the circa 1954 blockade of Goa and TAIP with direct flights from Dabolim to Karachi meant that those who could took that route out of Goa. The earlier 'steamer' and land routes were subject to the 'blockade'. (There apparently was another route out of Goa - but that one reportedly had hungry tigers and lions patrolling the borders.) re #2: That is possibly correct, subject to the understanding that the blockade meant that there was NO route for them to do that + the 'relations' between the two parts of the former British India were not really conducive to allow for the movement from (say) Karachi to Bombay. jc Recommend that Bondollam be separated from facts.
