Still a bozou by any other name does not become a bolinha, nor for that matter, phirni. —Venantius J Pinto
On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 6:42 PM, Venantius J Pinto <venantius.pi...@gmail.com > wrote: > I see! > —Venantius > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 3:32 PM, Eugene Correia <eugene.corr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The story of Nehru defying Kennedy is "diplomatic" spin. Kennedy >> seemingly okayed India's plan but kept public silence. The US didn't get >> NATO into action as Portugal demanded. Portugal was part of the alliance. >> Kennedy was convinced that Portugal was adamant in clinging to Goa, USA >> Ambassador, John Kenneth Galbraith, a Canadian-born US diplomat, played a >> big role. earlier, Canadian Ambassador, Escott Reid, was also on India's >> side. >> Portugal was not paying heed to USA's plea to give up Goa. Portugal also >> defied India's diplomatic efforts, till Nehru, pushed by circumtances and >> pressure from the freedom fighters and Defence Minister Krishna Menon, >> ordered the army to march into Goa. >> >> What has happened since the, and the current problems, were not expected. >> But they are realities niw. >> >> Eugene >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> > On Jan 1, 2018, at 1:39 PM, Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > 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 >> >> _/ >> >> _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ >> > >