The text below kind of relates to what the mundas are upto in Goa since the 
invasion of 1961.
 
BC.

Many Goans employed Africans as servants and most treated them well paying them 
at least the Minimum Wage (Kanuni ya sirikali). Other Indian communities almost 
always tried to circumvent the minimum wage and treated the African poorly. 
This treatment came at a price to Goans who could not be distinguished from 
other Indians due to the similar colour of our skins. We were therefore labeled 
with all the rest as 'Muindi'  (Indian). Therefore when retribution came, we 
lost mainly due to skin colour similarities. Having worked in the civil service 
in Africa, and dealing with many Africans of various tribes, I can truly say 
that we treated the African fairly and administered our duties to the best of 
our ability. To say we were lackeys is far from the truth as we sometimes had 
to look danger in the eye and do the right thing as true human beings. To say 
that Goans were fair, one has only to see why the corruption in Africa is so 
rampant. It is the Indian who
 introduced it there and
  perpetuated its existence. Goan people who worked disbursing amounts to 
Africans in remote areas were honest and god fearing. Some Indians doing the 
same jobs often cheated the illiterate African and some of them even took 
bribes to perform tasks such as replacements of lost ID's (Kipande) etc. May be 
others have opinions on this and I leave it up to them.

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