Hi Eugene— Now you are getting creative good. Awesome. Good usage of "bozou" and "bolinha." True Goan spirit.
—Venantius J Pinto On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 9:10 AM, Eugene Correia <eugene.corr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think a "bozou" is still a "bozou" if the person doesn't know the facts > vis-a-vis the Liberation/ Aggression in Goa. The person can't assume to be > a "bolinha" just because he or she thinks Nehru was at fault. zno doubt > Nehru earned the wrath of many nations for abandonung his peace-loving > statesmanship. As an advocate of non-aligment diplomacy, Nehru was > criticised for using force. To manu he may have become a "bozou" from his > position as "bolinha". To the Indians and Goan freedom-fighters he was a > hero. > Nehru died in 1964, and we don't know if he would give "special status" to > Goa. Goa didn't qualify for this soecial status on its economic > confition, but perhaps Nehru would persuade his colleagues to give it on > cultural issues. > Nehru, it seems, suffered the most, as the Nobel Prize for Peace, for > which he was the favourite for thst year, was denied to him. > I had a friend, Domingos Santos, secretary of the Lusitanian Society, > which owned the famous Lusutanian club, and also tge populat meat shop in. > bandra, wrote a small phamplet called Statehood -- the birthright of Goa > (if I got the name right) showing how Goa could have benn guven statehood > by Portugal. He showed the factors and that many nations were as small as > Goa in land area. He was a fierce pro-Portuguese man. > > Eugene. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jan 2, 2018, at 6:46 PM, Venantius J Pinto <venantius.pi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > 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 > >>>>> _/ > >>>>> _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > >> > >> >