[Goanet] Goa Laments.

2010-10-15 Thread eric pinto 
   The Uzbek Turkcic Mongols had placed our provinces in the hands 
of their Generals; they in turn morphed into Nawabs after seizing power grab 
that produced little kingdoms like Hyderabad and Bijapur. Goa had a long  
history of indegenous religion and culture under native Indian rulers. Bijapur 
was not invited to invade Goa : Vijaynagar did ask daGama to evict them, but 
not 
to move in for good.  Nehru had few options available when dealing with the 
likes of Nizams and Salazars :  We do not call Clinton names for ejecting 
Milosevitch from Bosnia and Kosova.
 The Portuguese people do not miss Salazar, and there is no nostalgia for 
the former colonies and subjects.  They now conduct themselves in the civilized 
manner expected of educated democratic societies.
    Our history would have been quite different if Kakodkar's Congress has 
assumed power after the first election to the Assembly. It was  mindless ego 
that created a local parochial Party then, a doomed experiment that split the 
vote and empowered a group that was honest about it's intent to dissolve the 
special status Nehru so wanted to preserve for all in Goa.   eric.
 
   From: pinheiro gift.pinhe...@gmail.com

India is paying a heavy price for Nehru's blunder of plundering Goa in 1961.   





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[Goanet] Goa laments Portugal's loss in FIFA World Cup semi-finals

2006-07-06 Thread Gabe Menezes 
http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=18879

Goa laments Portugal's loss in FIFA World Cup semi-finals
Panaji: Goan fans of the Portuguese national football team lamented
its penalty kick loss to France in the semi-finals of the FIFA World
Cup.

Dressed in Portuguese colours, jerseys and draped in Portugal's flag,
the fans were left shocked by the defeat. The penalty kick taken by
French captain Zinedine Zidane changed everything. The crowd became
quiet and when the final whistle blew, they filtered out, dejected and
literally angry at the referee's decision of awarding a penalty to
France.

"What should I say? I am really sad about the defeat of Portugal. It
was really unfair on the part of the referee. I think the decision was
unfair. It was only the Portuguese who were dominating but the penalty
gave chance to the France. I am really unhappy," said Arvind Menezes,
a football fan sporting a Portuguese jersey.

Although the fans are heart broken at the defeat of their team, they
hope that Portugal will defeat Germany for the third position.

"I know Portuguese are best. They have done a great job by defeating
Germany and for that I am extremely happy. Portugal is the best team,"
said another football fan, Julian of Panjim.

For most of them the World Cup soccer meant a month-long excitement of
Viva Portugal and Forca Portugal renting the air at midnight hours,
watching the telecast of the matches. After all, Goa was a Portuguese
colony till 1961 and the old links are still alive in the veins of
many Goans.

-- Asian News International (ANI)




-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM.

Gabe Menezes.
London, England

Comment: Piss heads - Portugal did a great job defeating Germany?
Definitely 'Stockholm syndrome' no?
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