Struck me as a fine example of contemporary (rural) Goan English usage! But, more seriously....
Personally, I don't think it fair to poke fun at politicians (or anyone) on the basis of their fluency (or otherwise) in a certain language. In our system, which requires everyone to express themselves in English or Hindi, a system which is not fair to all concerned. It could give someone like Shiv or me an upper hand, agreed. And then, there are enough people in cyberspace to poke fun at certain politicians; often based on the already-perceived or previous biases against them! I remember times when a PV Narasimha Rao was praised as the politician who spoke 13 or 14 languages, etc. Yet we all know his real record in ruling the country. Why was he treated with kid gloves? An S. Bangarappa, on the other hand, was dismissed as "anything but a chief minister", with a photograph showing him playing a huge drum at some cultural fest! (This is not to claim that Bangarappa was a good politician.) It is very easy to use the media, including the new media, to discredit or lionise certain politicians, and do contrarily to others. At the end of the day, it would be more than fine to ask (i) what is Churchil's stand on the issue of alleged misbehaviour by his football players (ii) what is his overall role as a politician in Goa during a crucial period of social change. But to take pot-shots at him primarily on the basis of his linguistic (in)ability or form of expression, is, in my view, both unfair and reflecting of our own biases. FN PS: From the clip one learns that Churchill is alleging that there was a footballing "conspiracy" to ground his team. Is this true? True or false, isn't this news? -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org On 9 September 2013 18:39, Shiv Kumar <journos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's Churchill Alemao Speaking... whadafa!!!!!! > > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152177796459199 > > If I am not mistaken, he once said he doesn't know English well > because he was educated in Portuguese!!! > > Oh the lucky Portos, Churchillbab didn't speak in their lingo! > > shiv kumar >
