Goanet next meets in Goa: January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). Goanet founder Herman Carneiro will be there. See you there! ------------------------------
Frederick, Re info below, I wonder if you can fill me in on whether it is true that India expelled some pro-Portuguese people from Goa at the time of Liberation? Thanks, Cornel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 7:12 AM Subject: [Goanet](no subject) > Goanet next meets in Goa: January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). Goanet founder Herman Carneiro will be there. See you there! > ------------------------------ > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 31 12:17:55 2003 > >factors. In the case of Goans incidentally, Hindu > >Goans were persecuted and went into exile under the > >Portuguese Inquisition. > > --- > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 31 12:17:59 2003 > >Thanks to Teo for the above link. In regard to Goans > >living overseas and especially soon after the invasion > >of Goa in 1961 I wonder what would be the category. > >Diaspora? Expats? Migrats? > >Colaco > > The repeated selective rendering of facts could lead to a dangerous > situation where a section of the population feels only it it was > discriminated against, and justify their own aggression or intolerance > towards others. > > Historians could correct me on this: > > Contarary to colonial-influenced renderings of Indian history, the > periods of the past cannot be neatly divided into eras on the basis of > the religion of the rulers. It is unlikely that people saw themselves as > "Hindus" as is now categorised. There were other mass migrations out of > Goa even prior to those fuelled by the religious-based intolerance of the > Portuguese. > > Likewise, a whole lot of Goans -- surely there would be some from many of > our families -- migrated out of Goa in the pre-"invasion/liberation" > period prior to 1961. In Bardez, economic pressures and famine lead to > large-scale migration around the 1920s, when the kind and efficient > Portuguese ruled over this part of the globe. > > Religion isn't the only, or even the main, reason for people to migrate > out of Goa. If at all, it has played a minor part. The migration of Goan > Christians in Portuguese colonial times itself to places like Mangalore > and other parts of the Canara coast is something that we perhaps need to > understand better. > > Identity is a very complex issue. Yours and mine are varied, and defined > by gender, skin-colour, ethnicity, caste, nationality, age, economic > class, and more. Why should religious identities take precedence over all > other? FN > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## > ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################