The Praveen Davar article in the Hindu is either half-baked or conveniently omits an inconvenient truth.
The much touted claim that the Portuguese were obstinate and Nehru was pushed into a corner by other Indians to use violence against Goa makes fools of thinking people. How about the non-violent approach of allowing Goans themselves who were virtually running the Portuguese administration in Goa, to determine Goa’s future for themselves, within a broad Indian framework rather than violently snatching it from them, thus avoiding the Churchills Kamats and Parrikars, the progeny of louts, to thrust themselves on a virgin Goa of unblemished character. Did Nehru not foresee that his people are by an large a loutish lot prone to indiscipline and corruption and quick to forget the values that the British had drilled into them for 150 years. Did his intelligence and statesmanship not take into account that the the gigantic number of louts would squash the “liberated” territory, fashioning it in their own image of loutishness. Or was he vain enough to think that his promises of “special treatment” would be honoured by his surviving louts. Roland Francis 416-453-3371 > On Jan 1, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-liberation-of-goa/article22339624.ece > -- > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/ > _/ FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 > _/ RADIO GOANA: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha > _/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
