Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Carlos' post did strike me as somewhat tongue-in-cheek. But behind thehumour, he did have a serious point to make.
When I was reporting on the Baina issue, one of the young men I metwas a Kannadiga who spoke Konkani fluently in the >Catholic Sashti dialect -- he worked on a trawler and lived in Baina.
Fred,
Thanks. It has been couple of years since we last met at Aires place in Ribandar.
The point I was trying to make in the subject title is INCLUSIVENESS
I thought twice before I decided to include Dhillon as a Goan. Few hours later, I noticed Navhind Times also referred him as a Goan.
We need to know that to survive, we cannot isolate ourselves as a group. Isolation only benefits the weak politicians who are using us, not individuals. Weak and corrupt politicians use religion to get the votes. We need to understand that.
I was elected a student secretary in an Engineering College in Southern India during the Emergency, even lathi charged because I opposed Emergency rule. I was an outsider, the only Goan Christian in the College and still got elected by landlside without spending a pie as compared to my opponents. How did I get elected? We have to assimilate ourselves into the mainstream.
Regarding Konkani, if we want Konkani to survive, more and more people need to speak Konkani, including neo Goans.
Regards,
Carlos
