REPLY: Well put my man, let's await the response! I too did not see any rhetorics from your end. I too concur that you are well read and well informed and more importantly, very well balanced indeed. There was no bird brained output from you.
On 28 August 2013 14:08, Marshall Mendonza <mmendonz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Santosh Helekar: > > I have enjoyed the discussions between Prof. Borges and others. What is > especially rewarding to me is that they have relied on historical facts, > common sense and reason. Driven by an unshakable bad habit, I have silently > fact-checked all of the professor's assertions. It has been a fun > experience for me. On the basis of this experience I have no doubt that he > is on solid ground in making the statement that he has made below. > Therefore, I cannot wait to read his response to the rhetorical question > posed to him. > > Response: > Mine was not a rhetorical question but a well intentioned query in the > pursuit of knowledge. > > I consider myself fairly well-read and well-informed. I am aware that Fr > Jerome D'Souza s.j. from Mangalore was a member of the Constituent Assembly > and was offered reserved seats in Parliament for the Christian community. > But the christian representatives and Fr Jerome turned down the offer > stating that the community did not need any reservations and would like to > stand tall and shoulder-to-shoulder with other Indians. The Christians > placed their hopes, aspirations and security in the hands of other Indians, > especially the majority Hindu community. In a major concession, the > founding fathers and framers of the Constitution, in their far-sightedness, > large-heartedness, and broad-mindedness provided Articles 25 & 30 to > protect and preserve the culture and religion of religious and linguistic > minorities. Such was the spirit of the framers and founding fathers of our > nation. > > Hence, Prof Sebastian Borges' statement on the issue of reservations to > dalit christians comes as a total revelation to me as I have never ever > come across any such literature / information. In case there has been a gap > in my knowledge, I would like to fill it up and update myself. I earnestly > look forward to Prof Borges to enlighten me on this issue. > > Regards, > > Marshall > -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.