Let us hail Salazar for the way he behaved mulishly till the Portuguese army surrendered on the 19th December, 1961.
According to O Heraldo, Dec 18, General Ramalho Eanes, ex President of Portugal (1976 - 1986 ) , who had served in Goa as a junior military officer, states that Goa was ripe to become an independent state, free politically both from Portugal and India. In which case,what would have been social political conditions today? The crude behavior of descendentes/mestisos, bamons and bhatkars towards the Goan common folk would have continued unabated till today, not to mention casteism of mostly bamon padre vigarios with the help of elite confraria members. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------