BC, When commenting on or reviewing a thesis, one (best) reads the entire thesis, looks at the references and also the known biases of the guide.
For instance, if you (BC) were the guide, the thesis would have a distinct slant, would it not? I am happy that Goans are working towards Ph.Ds. It is never easy to put together theses at the PG level. A thesis takes much sweat plus several years to complete, and then ....there is the defence. One does not have to agree with the conclusion/analysis of a thesis or any other scholarly ( or otherwise ) publication, and one does not just dismiss the thesis based on other works unless one puts the other works through the same tests. The thesis being referred to, is the work of Sandra Ataide Lobo. Anyone among us is welcome to re-research the topic and submit our own thesis.....if we are able to. For now, let us Congratulate Sandra Ataide Lobo for her scholarly effort. jc On Sep 21, 2013, at 12:51 AM, Bernado Colaco <[email protected]> wrote: This kind of theory has been rubbished by 'intellectuals' from Goa. Hindus were the largest benefactors of Portuguese presence in Goa. First it was the request of Timoja 5 centuries ago and the early 20th century they were fed with different types of businesses mainly related to the mining sector which was founded in 1907. BC ------ O desassossego goes (The Goan restlessness) Teotonio R. de Souza Sandra Ataide Lobo defended yesterday her doctoral thesis in which she studied the Portuguese liberal politics in Goa till the Colonial Act (1930) and the participation of the Goan elites (both Christian and Hindu). The ambivalence of the Portuguese liberalism, including its republican phase, failed to do justice to the colonial demands, and sought to impose "portugalidade", earlier through official Catholic religion, and in the republican phase through imposition of the Portuguese language. The study took into account the impact of the English political model in neighbouring Indian territory, and how the Goan elites sought to move between the two.
