As a Goan Jew, I can say that we would have no issues with India adopting the swastik as a symbol of its currency. Most of us are quite aware of Hindu symbols and the need, nay the right, for Hindus and India to express its heritage with pride. The alliance and mutual understanding between Jews and Hindus is quite natural as we were both targets of Christian aggression and imperialism.
Goan catholics in particular need to wake up from their slumber and cease the comical worship of their ONE god(s) ... you know, God the father et al, the Mother of god and the endless demi-Gods also known as the saints. And, what is it with Goans and their disgusting affinity to be named after anti-Jewish tyrants? I understand that there are quite a few Hitlers and Stalins living in Goa. In fact, isn't there a person by the name of Naz.. er.. Nasci on goanet? When a person such as this is allowed to broadcast his bigotry and intolerance on this forum, it sends shivers down my spine. The few prominent Churchills around, cannot make up for the verbal and emotional torture we Jews suffer, when we hear their names and what they have to say. Besides their terrible choices with names and their religion, catholic Goan cuisine is quite horrid as well. To have names such as Leitao is one thing, but to be eating a leitao makes me dream of the finer cuisine that was served to the prisoners in Aushwitz. Perhaps it is because I was scarred for life as a child. My renunciation of my imposed christian faith and Goan culture was sealed when I had to take the throne in my grand mothers house and watch the pigs lap it up from underneath me ... and not much later to have the same animal served to me on a plate. It does not stop there. The look of a goan sausage, all twirled up in a tidy brown pile is quite visually assaulting - if you know what I mean. If you want to eat pork, that is fine, but why do you take pleasure in eating it in a form that also resembles the animal's staple diet? Presumably this is Nasci's definition of a pork consuming "Modern Goan" culture! There are a lot of non-resident Goans who continue to screech about the non-Goan influx into Goa. Let me say that contrary to your christian tenant that we Jews are cheap, the fact is that we are rich and spend a lot of money. It is our desire to have another Jewish homeland in N.Goa and there are a lot of you willing to sell it to us at market rates. FYI, the next time, you visit the Goan Jewish territories of Aramabol, please make sure you respect our refined culture and values. Uncouth catholic Goans, with evil sounding names should stay away however. Shalom, Marlon ----- Original Message ---- From: Nascy Caldeira <nascy...@yahoo.com.au> Well, mine is a 'modern Goan Indian' culture with a worldly look, not a narrow parochial one like the majority of Indians; and I must say, I had cultivated this modern Indian Culture much much before, I landed Down Under. My migration to being 'Modern Man' in the international sense was made possible first by my ancestors in Goa, who broke away from the conservative primitive madness of the Indian tradition, and reformed; that is, so many of us; so much so that we can integrate and make ourselves 'at home' in any culture, anywhere in the world, and Be Accepted!!! Sad to say that I feel most uncomfortable with the traditional Indian Culture whilst not only in India but even in the Goa of today. Why? Because everything is so much 'pochpochit' !!! No Hard Feelings! I mourn for the 'primitiveness' of the majority of Indians. I identify myself as truly modern and worldly integrating person of Indian origin. I love BEEF and BACON; most of the world does! Nascy Caldeira. ----- Original Message ---- From: Cecil Pinto <cecilpi...@gmail.com> Geometrically, the Swastika can be regarded as (the area inside of) an irregular icosagon or 20-sided polygon. The proportions of the Nazi swastika were fixed based on a 5x5 diagonal grid. Characteristic is the 90° rotational symmetry and chirality, hence the absence of reflectional symmetry, and the existence of two versions of swastikas that are each other's mirror image.
