I would like to have at least one example each for below stated 'PHACTS' of yours. And yes, please do mention the source.
a: YES, Hindus brutalised other Hindus (the caste system being just the tip of the iceberg). b: YES, Hindu and Muslim 'kings' took turns in ravaging Goa and the women living in Goa before the Portuguese arrived . c: YES, Hindu and Muslim 'kings' took turns in destroying each others places of worship in Goa before the Portuguese arrived. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:49 PM, J. Colaco < jc> <cola...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rajan P. Parrikar <parri...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > [1] There is no denying the positive influence of the Portuguese on Goa. > > [2] I yield to no one in my denunciation of the wanton destruction, > brutality and religious bigotry they wrought in their early years. > (...) it is equally true that the latter Portuguese mellowed a good > deal. > > [3] It is undeniable that the aspects of culture that are unique to or > characteristic of Goa and Goans came out of the crucible provided by > the Portuguese > > [4] Panjim, the most beautiful city (no longer, alas - thank you > Indian for NOTHING) in the subcontinent in recent times, came to be so > because of the Portuguese. Any Hindu, ghati or Goan, denying the > obvious positives of the ex-colonialists should be laughed out of > town. > > > COMMENT: > > I am on the same page as Rajanbab. > > Only an ostrich will deny the atrocities of the early days of > Portuguese colonialism in Goa. A cousin of that ostrich will also be > in denial of Hindu and Muslim atrocities in Goa at (and before) that > time period. Not that one evil act justifies another ....but it needs > to be stated. > > We cannot change the past and we cannot revise it either - not with > mythology and not with 'revisionist history' - a speciality subject of > the BJP's Murli Manohar Joshi. This is the sort of mentality which > creates the Vandals of Fontainhas and the Katlick producers of the > VideoCD. > > I trust you have noted how SILENT Sandeep Heble has been and still is > on those two topics. Whitewash Revisionism, anyone? > > It is best, both for our own troubled souls and for the betterment of > our community interests that we just accept the facts as they are i.e. > > a: YES, Hindus brutalised other Hindus (the caste system being just > the tip of the iceberg). > b: YES, Hindu and Muslim 'kings' took turns in ravaging Goa and the > women living in Goa before the Portuguese arrived . > c: YES, Hindu and Muslim 'kings' took turns in destroying each others > places of worship in Goa before the Portuguese arrived. > d: YES, the Portuguese Catholic colonialists destroyed both Muslim and > Hindu places of worship - in the early years, and used the unHoly > Inquisition to wipe out their political and land enemies (under the > cloak of religion) > > e: YES, Goa has been ravaged since the Barath of 1961. .... and > continues to be so. > > My crystal ball tells me the following: > > Never mind the 'Honeshty' nonsense and the Manifesto H2S > ........Whoever wins this March 2012 election, Goa will continue to be > revaged. > > Anybody wishes to disagree? > > jc > > ps Of interest: > > * Those who complain incessantly of the European enslavement of > Africans ....conveniently forget to remember the African enslavement > of other Africans which made the European slave trade possible. > > * Those who wax eloquently about the Shining or Mahan Bharat while > bemoaning the alleged dismemberment of Bharat, conveniently forget to > remember that the subcontinent was (antes 1947) a fractured place > which was eventually brought together (like the former Yugoslavia) by > force and Indirian coercion. > > * Our 'buddy' Aurangzeb justified the destruction of Hindu temples > ....because ' they were centres of prostitution'. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Protect Goa's natural beauty > > Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve > > Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Sandesh --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------