Bernado, Don't cause yourself an injury. Mario obviously does not know what he's writing about. He's writing about village life, when most towns in India were no better.
Visas in 1510? A de A didn't require one (even if they were in the habit of issuing such) as he was invited by Timoja. Mess? The mess was created AFTER. Mines? Who were the mineowners? And how much did they give the government then, in taxes? and how much to they give the government now, in taxes? Bullock Powered taxis? Perhaps Mario is reminescing of good old Jabalpur! Mate, Goa's taxis were Opel Kapitans, Ford Consuls and Zephyrs, Peugeot 403 and 404s, and I could go on. Trucks were Bedfords, DAFs, Hinos, Isuzus, Fiats and others. Grant that villages in 1961 did use bullock carts for transporting goods (and even I used to hitch a ride hanging off the back of a cart in Loutolim, which BTW had an excellent tarred road then, and still has), and all the quaint equipment for living day-to-day lives. Mind you we still rely on the well in Loutolim, as water comes only for a couple of hours a day. "Plus ça change, plus même chose". I suggest Mario read what the TIME magazine had to say about Goa of 1961: "Goan businessmen were more fearful of India's confiscatory taxes and stifling bureaucracy than they were of the petty restrictions of the Portuguese colonial authorities. Union would also end Goa's virtually duty-free status and the sight of peasant women buying Chanel No. 5 and field hands carrying transistor radios." - Dec 29, 1961 "Goa's virtually duty-free status sent swarms of Indian soldiers into shops stocked with inexpensive foreign luxury items seldom seen in India because of the government's stringent import restrictions. Shopkeepers did a brisk business in transistor radios, cameras, electric appliances, cosmetics, perfumes, wines. In one Pangim shop alone, Indian soldiers bought 1,400 Max Factor lipsticks. Truckloads of refrigerators were purchased by army officers for shipment home." - Dec 29, 1961 Cheers, Gabriel. --- Bernado Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You doing all the cleaning of the railway tracks in > mumbai innit mate? > > Secular are getting at each others throats. > > Servants in the 21 century? Are you still lingering > with colonialism? > > BC > > ======== > --- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Bernado Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Legal immigrants when Goa is illegaly occupied? > > Goa > > > is almost free for all. > > > > > Mario observes: > > > > > Bernardo, > > I think you may agree that the Portuguese > illegally > > came to Goa in 1510 WITHOUT ANY VISAS, and were > > finally DEPORTED in 1961, leaving a big mess > behind. > > > > > In the good old Portuguese days, remember the > > ferries, > > unpaved and rutted roads, bullock powered taxis > for > > the peasants, oil lamps in the villages, wells for > > water, wood burning sigrees for cooking, copper > > kettles for hot water, the wonderful sorpotel that > > resulted from the the sanitation system, hand-held > > fans instead of air-conditioning in the sweltering > > heat and humidity? Even coming from India, it was > > like the movie "Lost World". Remember all the > mines > > where they took the ore and exported it for their > > own > > benefit? > > > > > ___________________________________________________ On Yahoo!7 Desperate Housewives: Sneak peeks, recaps and more. http://www.yahoo7.com.au/desperate-housewives