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Why not discuss the issue of caste (as it pertains to Goa) on Goanet? I think that George's presumption that a discussion on this subject would be unwelcome is not wholly correct.
Permit me to begin with a thesis that could provoke discussion.
My view is that (i) the arrogance of the 'upper' castes
together with a strong sense of being discriminated against
by the 'lower' castes combines together to block the feeling
of oneness so essential to any forward-looking society and (ii) caste has dominated Catholic Goan society for much of
the 20th century, and is set to dominate us for some more time
to come. It also allows us to turn a blind-eye to issues
like corruption, communalism, cronyism, reckless governmental
spending, bloating-up an already over-bloated bureaucracy, etc...
depending on who is responsible for this.Would you agree? FN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks http://fn.swiki.net http://www.ryze.com/go/fredericknoronha http://fn-floss.notlong.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difficulties to send email across? Write to fredericknoronha at vsnl.net ============================================================================
