It was a very interesting article by Frederick Noronha which appeared in Herald dated Jan.13. FN states: '''500 hundred years after the conquest of Goa ...it is time to take a more nuanced view of the long era of colonialism that shaped us all '''. I am not a historian by training but I do take interest in it. According to my rather pedestrian view, I do not think that all of us were shaped by Portuguese colonialism that lasted for 451 years. If I may say so, there were twostreams running side by side,one called Portuguesismo and the other
Cristianismo. All Goan catholics are deeply influenced by Christianity, but 90 % of Goan catholics had nothing to do with Portuguesismo. Wearing of pants, shirts, shoes, and bearing Iberian names/surnames does not mean they were influenced by Portuguesismo. The remaining 10% are at perfect liberty to '''undertake more realistic analysis of what the Portuguese past meant to Goa '''.
