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--- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Both my parents and their entire families were and
> are pro-Portuguese. Infact, even in our extended
> circle of friends and family in Goa, one can hear
> nothing but nostalgia about the Portuguese. I
> think, we have to give this colonial devil his
> dues. There must have been something in the devil
> that made him charming and we Goans sold our soul
> to him.
>
Mario observes:
>
Selma,
I don't think "we" Goans sold their souls to the
Portuguese colonial masters - only some did, usually
those who benefitted at the expense of those who did
not.
>
Both my parents and their entire families were against
the colonial Portuguese and their bogus sophistry of a
mythical, self-serving Estado da India, and we were
threatened with dire consequences in pre-1961 Goa as a
result.
>
We found the Portuguese charming and laid-back as
individuals, but were offended by their obstructive
tactics in refusing to realize that the era of
colonialization was over.
>
Selma writes:
>
> That said, it is what it is now. We have to accept
> that we are part of mainland India. It is quite
> redundant, except at an emotional level, to debate
> the legality of acts carried out in 1961.
>
Mario responds:
>
Good advice, even though it should be redundant 45
years later. In fact I find it somewhat embarrassing
that grown adults continue to be mired in a past that
will never return.
>
