AlmeidaG(ji) forwarded the post below to the net. I am not sure if this was in response to my post requesting for an education of the VIOLENT ASPECTS of Portuguese era in Goa. If this was so, then it is a poor HISTORY RESPONSE to 451 years of Portuguese rule. I will definitely make it a point to read the book when I lay my hands on it.
Goan and non-Goan readers may want to review the archives on the dialogue we had on GoaNet and TGF in March to May of 1974 about SFX and the Inquisition in Goa - NOT THE inquisition in Europe. There was also a big disparity / difference between what was generally claimed and what the actual data / statistics and individual examples revealed. Not having enough negatives to say about the INQUISITION AGAINST GOANS, some referred to the inquisition against crypto-Jews. But none could tell us if they were in Goa. Others may want to read "Amchi Khobor-Our News-Inside Goa" (US $5:00 + pp) which describes in fair detail the cultural practices of the Goan community. The book looks at the practices and the similarities in social rituals in the culture of the Goan Catholic and the Goan Hindu communities, AFTER 451 years of Portuguese rule. Many Goan Catholics may choose not to practice these rituals or their native language. But then, they cannot blame the colonials for their lapses, which is even greater in the post-colonial period. Of course some blame the Indian govt. for this. There were undoubtedly spasmodic episodes of physical violence brought about by avoidable and unavoidable colonial military actions. The military cruelty was in keeping with the violence of the history starting with Alexander-the- Great and continued with wars by Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Muslim, Portuguese and British, and or for that matter even today!!! Regards. Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Title : Social history of Goa Author : I. Arul Aram Publication : The Hindu Date : May 27, 1997 Goa - A Social History (1510- 1 40): P. D. Xavier; Rajhauns Vitaran, Minaxi Building, Wolfango de Silva Marg, Panaji, Goa-403001. Rs. 300. The book, based on the author's doctoral thesis, documents the historical evolution of the Goan society spread over 130 years. The period of study covers the early years of Portuguese rule. The author presents both the good and the bad aspects of Portuguese rule with specific references to the Indo-Portuguese cultural conflicts, role of the church and the crown, the system of slavery, the status of women and the type of education.