Dear all, Just that you know, I have requested Santoshbab, to send me the zipped file he has in his possession.
I will review it in detail and post my initial views in response......after a fortnight or so. Must say that, having personally witnesed politics from a close range (in Goa) and also the tricks that Journos knowingly and unknowingly play, I start off by being very suspicious. While one of my disciplines has taught me to consider every one 'innocent unless proved guilty', I use the reverse principle when it comes to Politicians and Journos. No apologies. In this regard, while I do my homework, and don't know where exactly the chips will fall, I invite those who are able to, to find some corroboration in Lisbon.....wrt the facts as known there and the background. If it is possible, would someone advise Which Goan leaders were affected? BTW: I have NO illusions about the benevolence / Malevolence of any rulers who have banduks at their disposal....before or after 1890. i start by asking myself .....but WHY1890? Were there all Portuguese Saints living in Goa before that year? AND Is not 1890 the year which sparked the writing of the previous Portuguese national anthem "A Portuguesa"? Perhaps, I will be able to determine, albeit for my own sake, why suddenly in 1890........news reports about Portuguese Goa started to emanate from British India ..... Is it possible that "Dal mein Kuch Kala hai" ? Well let me leave it at that for now. jc Pardon any Typos. This IPad does some curious auto- corrections On Feb 2, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> wrote: > My attempts to corroborate the foreign correspondent reports about the > indiscriminate killings by the Portuguese government in Goa in 1890, > through the historical archives of Times of India have yielded a > goldmine of information. The reporting by TOI is absolutely > fascinating. The number of reports is too great and the text too long > and complicated in each case to do justice by quoting any excerpt from > it. Nevertheless, some time later I am going to try to summarize my > findings or find a short summary report from TOI that can be quoted > within the space of one email, and provide a link to its clipping on > my Google cloud drive. > > Cheers, > > Santosh > > P.S. BTW, if anybody wants a zipped copy of all the clippings, please > email me privately to request for it. > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Jose Colaco <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear Santoshbab, >> >> Thanks for posting that. >> >> I am glad that someone is taking these reports seriously - without cross >> referencing and corroboration. As far as I am concerned, it is the same >> source which the California Call reported as from some 'reporter in >> Calcutta'. Now we hear, it is a 'reporter from Rangoon'. >> >> Is it possible that the reporter's first name was Eugene? >> >> I know of a reporter whose first name is Eugene. He is well known for >> writing whatever comes to his head. Recently he wrote about Mahatma Gandhi's >> reactions to the 1961 invasion of Goa. So what if Mahatma Gandhi was >> assassinated some 13+ years earlier?. >> >> In conclusion, unless I can cross-reference this, I will believe it as much >> as I believe a good deal of the stuff in BC's Bible according to >> Leo......which is ....NOT a lot! >> >> jc >> >> May be, when I have some free time ( possibly in the summer) I will try >> develop a replica of the Onion wrt to Goa. > ***************************************************************** > No offense meant. But let the chips fall where they may. > *****************************************************************
