If agent Monteiro had to do the same (see para below) these freedom fighters would call it Portuguese atrocities, probably write books and articles about it. But getting a whack from the anglo-bharati police meant that the 'situation was well handled'.
BC By Roland Francis Source: Goan Voice Daily Newsletter 11 Aug 2013 at www.goanvoice.org.uk In the 50s and 60s of the last century, until a dour Communist Government took over the state of West Bengal and drove all the fun out of its capital Calcutta, that city was considered the soul of India with a vibrant night life while Bombay was merely the country's financial center. Calcutta was the city where the pedantic but easily excitable Bengali coexisted with the minorities of Marwari, British, Anglo-Indian, Goans, Jews and Armenians. The city was volatile with violent crowds forming as quickly as today's flash mobs but the situation was well-handled with the Anglo Indian-led Calcutta Armed Police who knew a thing or two about cracking heads with bamboo batons with the same finesse as their chiefs would sweet-talk to mob leaders to get crowds into meek submission, from awe of their towering personalities.
