Let me add to this interesting, true, if one-sided list... - I would have eaten about the same diet for dinner this evening, had the Portuguese not arrived/been invited to Goa in 1510. Vegetables that were grown by a villager in her field. - My clothes might have been more or less the same kind I currently wear, as is the case across much of (semi-urban) India, where the Portuguese did not land either. - Goa might have been a British colony (or something else), and I still wouldn't have had access to British nationality. - I would have continued to get drunk, but probably with a different fruit's brew (not the cashew). - Goa would have still gone to the polls on May 7, but the candidates contesting might have been of a very different kind. - You could have still received such a cheeky response, but not from a Frederick Noronha.
Please note, I am not asking for any reparations. Even if that came, it might cause a huge dispute over whom it should ultimately go to... FN On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 13:29, 'Nuno Cardoso da Silva' via Goa-Research-Net < goa-research-net@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Yes, throughout the centuries Portugal comitted crimes. Just like every > other country on Earth. But we also helped to build. Without Portugal there > would be no Goan State in India, and Goans would be a lot different, not > necessarily better. Without Portugal there wouldn't be a great nation such > as Brazil. There wouldn't be a great Angolan state, with a strong sense of > identity, with a prosperous economy built on much of what Portugal built > over four and a half centuries. There wouldn't have been a tolerant > Timorese nation, so different from Indonesia. There wouldn't have been a > marvellously mixed nation such a Cape Verde, where the colour of skin is > completely irrelevant. We took a lot away from those countries, but I > believe we gave back a lot more than we took. No reparations are needed. > > Nuno Cardoso da Silva > > > *Sent:* Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 11:56 AM > *From:* "'Pedro Mascarenhas' via Goa-Research-Net" < > goa-research-net@googlegroups.com> > *To:* "Goa-Research-Net" <goa-research-net@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* [GRN] Antonio Costa and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the president > of Portugal > > The Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, expressed some opinions > at an event with foreign journalists on Tuesday . ( In the month in which *50 > years* of democracy in *Portugal - 25/04/2024)* > > > > He said António Costa, former prime-minister, son of a Goan, as someone > reflective, the result of eastern ancestry, while Luís Montenegro, the new > prime-minister, is “completely different”. > > The head of state did not fail to analyze himself in this aspect. “I’m a > hurried Westerner,” he defined. > > The statement about Montenegro came when he explained how he saw the > change of Government ahead of schedule. “He [Luís Montenegro] is a person > who comes from a deep, urban-rural country, with rural behaviors. He is > very curious, difficult to understand, precisely because of this. > > Marcelo added that he “would be happy” and accustomed to António Costa's > governance until 2026, but the dissolution of Parliament was necessary > given his resignation as prime minister and secretary-general of the > Socialist Party (PS). > > In the interview with foreign journalists, the President of Portugal, Marcelo > Rebelo de Sousa declared late on Tuesday that Portugal was responsible for > crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, > indicating a necessity for reparations. > > > > > https://www.dn.pt/6486274197/marcelo-faz-analises-e-comparacoes-entre-costa-e-luis-montenegro/ > > > https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/portugal-pay-costs-slavery-colonialism-president > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1915337766.2997014.1714042569480%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1915337766.2997014.1714042569480%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/trinity-c444c6a8-d766-468e-afff-4e5d47961a8f-1714118190630%403c-app-mailcom-bs01 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/trinity-c444c6a8-d766-468e-afff-4e5d47961a8f-1714118190630%403c-app-mailcom-bs01?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAMCR53KYpi38Y-SxiS4UheUZdXfTEaYFX9fHDEToov%3DZQoFWbQ%40mail.gmail.com.
