>From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Goanet] 06 May: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS >Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 09:00:56 +0530 > >GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS >06 May 2002 > >THE CASTE CONSIDERATION: The caste system has set in the electoral system >of Goa. It is not the character and the performance of the candidate that >decides the electoral outcome. On the contrary, it is the case >consideration that has turned out to be the vital winnability index. The >intricacies of caste and religious politics in Goa are so acute that had Pt >Jawaharlal Nehru contested in North Goa, he would have been rejected for >being Brahmin and in South Goa for being Hindu. (Ravindra Kelekar in NT)
Even with caste and religion being so predominant at election time, Goa is considered harmonius with people living happily with each other irrespective of caste, & religion. So what is the key reason for this ? Me thinks it is primarily due to being treated equally (even though there is gender bias ;-() by law since we have a uniform civil code? Another reason could be the docility imposed by the longer colonial rule which Goa experienced as compared to the rest of India. Any further ideas, thoughts ? Cheers, Sunila _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
