Re: [Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] The Farmers

2019-02-24 Thread Rajan Parrikar
Roland-bab, Your observations below, I largely agree with. Somehow the Gaude are also invisible to the virtue-signaling champions and other social justice warriors we see around here who rush to the defense of the invading hordes from the rest of India. r Roland Francis wrote: > It’s funny y

Re: [Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] The Farmers

2019-02-23 Thread Bernice Pereira
Yes I do remember as a little girl, my grand aunt and grandfather not eating sweets from villagers of the lower caste. For kids caste and religion has no bar and I would happily eat the goodies set aside. Deplorable on the part of our elders. Bernice Sent from my iPhone > On 23-Feb-2019, at

Re: [Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] The Farmers

2019-02-22 Thread Roland Francis
It’s funny you say that Rajan-bab (Goans owe their nourishment to the labours of this hardy stock), because I do not recall the landowners in my village or elsewhere ever giving even an iota of respect to these farmers. Not to say they insulted them or ill treated them but there was this conde

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] The Farmers

2019-02-22 Thread Rajan Parrikar
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'The Farmers' Children of Goa's soil. The men and women who break sweat in the fields of Goa belong largely to the Gauda tribe, among the original settlers of the land. Farming has been their calling for thousands of years, and generations of Go