Hi Gilbert
I note your post to Cip.
I am pretty sure that the grandmothers and great grand-mothers would be most
positive about their progeny who are "graduates from borem-vodelem
universities" because they have been able to see through the fairy tales
presented to earlier generations as gospel truth. Most of all, they would be
incredibly proud of the fact that, Catholic Goan caste humbug that, many of
them had to endure, is being soundly derided as a distinct form of obscene
racism with sound unassailable evidence and argument.
Incidentally, I have to say that you are being somewhat mischievous---nobody
on Goanet has even tried to "want us to loose the religious identity too:
under the guise of being progressive." I therefore challenge you to provide
evidence for the point you make above. Indeed, I for one, have on several
occasions told you that the last thing I would ever want is for you to
question your faith. Further, and repeatedly, that I respect those who hold
their faith sincerely. I have the evidence for this and can readily display
it on Goanet. In turn, I want to suggest that all you have is some
unauthenticated woolly make-believe in your post to Cip.
I hope this will help to start a Happy New Year of necessary enlightenment
on a range of issues on Goanet.
Regards
Cornel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gilbert Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <goanet@goanet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 3:04 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Goanet Should be Kept Secular/ to Mario
Hi Cip,
What you have outlined are different sides of the same cube. Yet they are
a part of a whole and compliment each other. It is like a human body which
has several independent but connected parts. You likely heard the story
of different anatomical organs of the body arguing "who is more
important?".
Most Catholic Goans (sp. in the Diaspora) have lost their cultural
identity (customs) - except for song, dance, food and drink. Many are
LEFT ONLY WITH their religious customs (rituals) as reflected at
childbirth, marriage and funeral.
Now some intellectual Goans - atheists / agnostics / secular humanists -
want us to loose the religious identity too; under the guise of "being
progressive". Yet they insists on wanting to preserve their 'Goaness'.
In the above scenario, I often wonder what the primary grade (educated)
grandmothers and great-grandmothers are saying about their progeny who are
double-graduates from borem-vodlem universities.
Kind Regards, GL
