The Invader has no right to replace the Roman Script
which is more than nearly 500 years old.
Whereas the Occupier, at the drop of a hat, keeps on
issuing stamps honouring all 'n' sundry, the Portuguese had issued
stamps honouring outstanding achievers like Vasco da Gama*, Afonso de
Alburquerque, Dr. Gama Pinto, M. A. de Sousa, Fr. Jose Vaz,
St. Francis Xavier, etc. (Yes, Vasco da Gama, Afonso de
Alburquerque, Dr. Gama Pinto, M. A. de Sousa, Fr. Jose Vaz, St.
Francis Xavier are, or should be on our globalized Planet, universally
admired for their bravado, fortitude, spirot of adventure or
other virtues).
If stamps can be issued honouring every Tom, Dick and Harry,
why not an illustrious personality like Abbe Faria?
Regards!
Martinho
*Vasco da Gama is universally admired as an historical
figure because it was no joke rounding the Cape of Good Hope and
crossing the stormy waters in a sailing ship and reaching the
West Coast of the Subcontinent:such a feat accomplished in the
XVth century required supreme courage from the glorious
Capitao and crew).
.There used to be in Goa a town or city rightly
named after him but the name has
apparently been changed. As a matter of
interest, this scribe wishes to know how such a change was
justified and the newly imposed name the place now
bears.
