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Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education & Primary School Students Chess Tournament More information at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-January/068222.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Kamalaksh Chari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for not supporting fellow Goan and praising > mistakes done by > Non-Goans. > > Keep it up. > > Regards, > > Kamalaksh ------------------------------------ Oh dearie me! There's a common misconception in India, that it is Catholic Goans who feel a cultural dissonance with the rest of India. Reading Rajan's recent call for autonomy, the rabid use of the the word "ghantis" by the BJP coterie, the calls for "Ghanti go home", and the venom with which RNK has been attacked for being a "madrassi" trying to tell Goans about Goenkarponn, that misconception has been shattered, alongwith several other misconceptions such as Goa is the epitome of cultural and religious tolerance. Whatever cultural dissonance Goan Catholics may feel in heartland India, has been long mitigated by having spent a life in diaspora by many of them. Having to earn a living in alien cultures necessarily means having to be tolerant and embracing of other cultures, religions and ideologies. I support and like a lot of people on this list. I like Rajan Parriker as much as I like Gadgil, I like FN as much as I like Doc Jose, I like Santosh as much as I like Gilbert, I like Fr. Ivo as much as I like Kevin Saldanha, I like Cornel as much as I like the Catholic Church ;-) Something you might want to learn, Chari, is that it is possible to like people across cultures, religions, states, nationalities and ideologies. It is possible to respect the person even if one does not agree with their views. Just ask yourself one question Chari, what is it that makes us fundamentally human? selma ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ