Hi Selma
You are absolutely spot on regarding Catholic Goan traditional derision of
many a person's occupation---particularly pertaining to the examples you
provided.
But for the humbug generated by bogus caste pretensions, the Catholic Goans
would have been a united
people rather than being seriously divided. Further, in my view, but for the
absolute nonsense of racist caste belief that, is actually accommodated by
the Church in Goa, Catholic Goans would have been deemed a reasonably
intelligent people.
Cornel
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From: "Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sunith Velho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Goa's premiere mailing list,
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Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan "shippies" and "gulfies"
Goans have a long history of lack of respect for the
dignity of labour. Someone is a poder, someone is a
kharvi, someone is a raindar. I believe this disdain
comes because in India (Goa) occupations have been
linked to caste. A kharvi for instance can never be a
bamon, no matter how many trawlers he may own or how
many fishing export units he may set up. Come marriage
proposal time, or time to get invited to Fundacao
Oriente parties, he will still remain a kharvi to be
shunned.
selma
