Dear Arwin,
Wake up and smell the coffee ...and get your head out of the clouds!
Who among these Editors of the leading English newspapers in Goa meets YOUR
definition of a Goan?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Derek Almeida [vice Sujay Gupta now doing PR for Timblo
family business]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ashwin Tombat [vice Rajan Narayan now editor of Goan
Observer]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arun Sinha [vice M.M. Mudaliar/ Bikram Vora]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] of india.com > Rajib Borah [new Edition in Goa]
Neither the newspapers northe letters to the Editor help form opinion in Goa.
If that was the case, Fr. Maverick Fernandes would have been jettisioned from
the CSJP by the Bishop due to the people's demand. Soter D'Souza and I might
have been ostracised and Dr. Oscar Rebelo would have been declared a living
saint, with two angels by his side. It has not happened inspite of a
sustained campaign by "vested" interests who wear bush shirts as a routine and
suits when attending functions at the International Centre, Hotel Mandovi, GCCI
or Portuguese Consulate irrespective of caste , creed and religion ...or
political affiliation!
I have a Konkani speaking, convent-educated friend who was born and brought up
in Goa by her Malayalee Hindu Brahmin father and a non-Brahmin Catholic
Kannadiga mother. She is married to an airplane pilot from Uttar Pradesh who
was in the Indian Navy and they have a daughter studying in Goa who is also
fluent in Konkani. Now is this grand daughter of a set of inmigrants any less
"Goan" than my friend in Toronto-Canada,whose grand parents migrated to
Tanzania and raised their children in suburban London does not speak a word of
Konkani . and has never been to Goa?
Feel free to forward this to any newspaper in Goa that you please. I will not
retract my words. This week, my name is already a rage in the local newspapers
for being an INTERNET TIGER. [Read Goan Observer of 09 aug, GT of 10 Aug.,
Herald of 11 Aug. NT and TOI have spared me so far. Thank God for small
mercies.].It has had a disasterous fall-out: my wife has threatened to stop
buying my favourite Parle's "Tiger" brand biscuits with immediate effect and
force me on a diet of "local" flower biscuits! ;-)
Mog asundi.
Miguel
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:03:53 +0400
From: "Arwin Mesquita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Re.Goan Tolerance
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Mario
Can you put your ANTI-GOAN IDENTITY views in the Goa's Media; lets see what
Goans in Goa have to say about it. Below are addresses of the Goan
Newspapers.
Arwin
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:44:28 +0400
From: "Arwin Mesquita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Re. Goan Tolerance
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Santosh,
Its more of Blind opposition not thoughtful. Your habit is to misinterpret
posts for vested interests; my letter was not inciting hatred.
Can you put your Anti-Goan identity views on the Goan newspapers; lets see
what Goans in Goa have to say about it? I am sure you have the addresses.
Arwin
Good to see this thoughtful opposition to the continuing incitement of
hatred against non-Goan Indians in all its forms. The solution to Goa's
problems is law-abiding Goans. There should be a grass roots campaign to
promote honesty in public affairs, and respect for the law, for each other,
and for our heritage, rather than whine and complain day in and day out, and
blame others for our problems.
Cheers,
Santosh
...
Mario asks:
>
I don't see "increasing numbers" - just a small
handful of Goans, dreaming of days gone by. The
increasing numbers more correctly describe the
"new-Goans" who have discovered the beauty and charm
of Goa.
>
There are, in fact, several Goan Identities, each in
the eye of its beholders, some of which, like the
caste system, continue the damage they have done for
centuries and need to be abolished by being shunned in
day-to-day decisionmaking.
>
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