While I found the response from Derrik Da Costa to be angry, I am puzzled with the response from Frederick Noronha.
To repeat, my query was: ""I wonder in what way do the Catholic institutes in Goa conform to the above. And what exactly are these Catholic values?" While Derrik says that I will have to read the Bible to know what the values are, Fred refers me to a URL. I guess I will have to find out for myself. The puzzling part is not the URL information by Fred. He goes on to an explanation about minority insitutes, and makes reference to what he calls saffron ideology, and to Dr Virgincar and Rajan Parrikar. I made no mention of this at all. My query was purely on Catholic values. However, having introduced the subject on this list, I would like to make some comments. He says that if monrities do have have the right to set up and administer their own institutions, it would be a tyranny of the majority that ruled. Now, to the best of my knowledge, the USA, Japan, Australia, etc., do not provide such rights to the Hindus, for example. Does this not mean a tyranny of the majority, as per the definition of Fred? If there are anyone on this list who are from countries where this 'tyranny' exists, they may wish to comment. Of course, I would also like Fred to comment. I am not an expert on the Indian Constitution, but I thought the objective of allowing the right to the minorities to set up and administer their own institutions is with an objective to preserve their own culture, and to impart the culture to the members of the minorities. I would have thought for this objective to be fulfilled properly, these institutes should have a majority of the students from the minorities. I do not know if this indeed exists. At least in Mumbai, the Christian insitutes have only a small number of students from amongst the Christians. So, can Fred tell us all how the objective is fulfilled properly? And if the Christians need institutes to receive the culture, should it not be obligatory on their part that they seek admission only in Christian insitutes? Another query for Fred. Do the Christian institutes take all the Christians who have applied, provided they meet the minimum criteria? Or do these Christians have to compete on merit with the non-Christians? In Mumbai, there are non-Hindus in the Hindu colleges. In these colleges even moral education is not imparted. So how do the Christians get to know their Christian values? Fred writes: "I do not think the "Catholic values" approach should be reason to seek to put anyone on the back foot." I do not see how my query is an attempt to put anyone on the back foot. Sachin Phadte _________________________________________________________________ Post ads for free - to sell, rent or even buy.www.yello.in http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=186
