*NEWS: Portugal's seven wonders spark controversy* *Fri Jun 19 13:07:34 PDT 2009*
Just as I imagained: Too many goans want to deny their portuguese colonialism. Why?. I have no problem being christian, catholic, having western mannerisms and style. Joao observes: We are born in some country or other, to some religion or other, belong to some country or other, follow some religion or other, and so on. It's not our fault, nothing to be proud or ashamed of! Most of us are living accidentally. Let's not take any of this silliness seriously! Let us glory in our own individuality, creativity, and life! Be authentic, not a duplicate of somebody of something else. Welcome to the 21st century! The indian in me has got me NOWHERE. not in love, not in monetary success; just racial backstabbing and inuendo. The western manners and dialect and english accent has opened doors to physical attraction from the opposite sex, wonderment looks and comments from white folks... so you see, I have no problem letting the portugeuse look at GOA as one of theirs, long time ago. anthony.
