[1] rajendra kakodkar wrote: Monte Coelho from Serra de Portugal is called Ghanti because he is from a hill. Gorappa from Kolhapur is called Panklo because he is fare skinned. [2] Frederick Noronha wrote: Nice one, Rajendra. Where you stand determines what you see!
Random thoughts on the above points: a: If it was just the colour, In Kolhapur, Gorappa would have been called a Brahmann. If he was of a darker shade, he would be classified as a Sudra, and still darker .....a Ravann. b: When folks come to the plains from the hills, how do the plains' folk know that they are Hill Billy, Ghati or Pahadi or FOB? Is it from the zip code of the letters they receive or luggage-tag on their luggage OR is it from their behaviour? c: After all the postings on corruption in the Kangress-fold appearing on GoaNet, why the sudden silence? d: The following two items are from the neighbouring States of Maharashtra and Karnataka. Wrt to the first story (Maharashtra) do we believe that Salazar is in charge of Maharashtra? If so, should we not send our Purifiers to do the needful? And should we not replace the corrupt Kangress in Goa with the BJP (like the one in Karnataka) as they will ensure that corruption never sees the light of day (in court, that is)? See second story. A: AFTER TEHELKA published Swami Asimananda’s confession, the MCOCA court ordered the CBI to reinvestigate the 2006 Malegaon case. This is poised to split open not only the extent of the Hindutva terror network but also the insidious underbelly of the Maharashtra Police, which has earned notoriety over the past few years for torturing and wrongly implicating a slew of Muslim youth on trumped up terror charges. http://www.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename=Ne290111WHOWILL.asp B: Aware that the Karnataka government was in the midst of a full-blown crisis, BJP hopes moving the high court will enmesh the governor's order in legal proceedings and give the embattled chief minister a breather. http://tinyurl.com/6htuohl Are we not both selectively blind and in denial at the same time? Chak de Sagres! jc
